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Species Bacteroides parvus

Name: Bacteroides parvus Liu et al. 2022

Category, proposed as: species, sp. nov.

Etymology: par’vus. L. masc. adj. parvus, small, referring that its colonies on MGAM agar media are significantly small

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: bak-ter-o-I-des PAR-wus, masculine

Type strain: CGMCC 1.31612; KCTC 25073; NSJ 21

Effective publication: Liu C, Du MX, Abuduaini R, Yu HY, Li DH, Wang YJ, Zhou N, Jiang MZ, Niu PX, Han SS, et al. Enlightening the taxonomy darkness of human gut microbiomes with a cultured biobank. Microbiome 2021; 9:119. 🇨🇳

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Validation list no. 205. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2022; 72:5331.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name (and explicitly recommended for medical use)

  • Emendations:
    • Zaatout et al. 2025 Zaatout N, Menasria T, Benhadj M. Comprehensive Phylogenomic Analyses Support the Reclassification of Multiple Bacteroides Species. Curr Microbiol 2025; 83:96. 🇩🇿
      Notes:
      • 🫂 Emendation accompanied by 2 proposals regarding the synonymy of the species.
      • 🧍 As of 2026-02-11 this emendation was not yet included in an IJSEM List of Changes in Taxonomic Opinion.
  • Notes:
    • ⏰ According to Zaatout et al. (2025), this species is an earlier heterotypic synonym of Bacteroides rhinocerotis Li et al. 2024. Publication: Zaatout N, Menasria T, Benhadj M. Comprehensive Phylogenomic Analyses Support the Reclassification of Multiple Bacteroides Species. Curr Microbiol 2025; 83:96. 🇩🇿
    • ⏰ According to Zaatout et al. (2025), this species is an earlier heterotypic synonym of Bacteroides humanifaecis Kim et al. 2023. Publication: Zaatout N, Menasria T, Benhadj M. Comprehensive Phylogenomic Analyses Support the Reclassification of Multiple Bacteroides Species. Curr Microbiol 2025; 83:96. 🇩🇿
    • 🎓 Name mentioned 1 time in PubMed until 2026-06-11.
    • 🙆 This name is on the List of Recommended Names for bacteria of medical importance (LoRN) as the name to be applied to this species. The name is on LoRN because of the recorded risk group of the genus.

Parent taxon: Bacteroides Castellani and Chalmers 1919 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Liu C, Du MX, Abuduaini R, Yu HY, Li DH, Wang YJ, Zhou N, Jiang MZ, Niu PX, Han SS, et al. Enlightening the taxonomy darkness of human gut microbiomes with a cultured biobank. Microbiome 2021; 9:119. 🇨🇳

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Record number: 28873