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Domain Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family Genus Species Rarely used categories

Species Bacteroides rhinocerotis

Name: Bacteroides rhinocerotis Li et al. 2024

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: rhi.no.ce.ro’tis. L. gen. masc. n. rhinocerotis, of rhinoceros, referring to the isolation source of type strain

Gender: masculine

Type strain: CGMCC 1.18013; JCM 35702; NGMCC 1.200684

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: OP931997 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Li X, Sun P, Gong L, Shi W, Xiang Z, Li M, Su L, Qin C. Bacteroides rhinocerotis sp. nov., isolated from the fresh feces of rhinoceros in Beijing Zoo. Arch Microbiol 2023; 205:169.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Göker M. Validation list no. 216. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2024; 74:6229.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

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

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

Assigned by: Li X, Sun P, Gong L, Shi W, Xiang Z, Li M, Su L, Qin C. Bacteroides rhinocerotis sp. nov., isolated from the fresh feces of rhinoceros in Beijing Zoo. Arch Microbiol 2023; 205:169.

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Record number: 46538
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