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Species Bacteroides salyersiae
Name: Bacteroides salyersiae corrig. Song et al. 2005
Etymology: sa.lyer’si.ae. N.L. gen. fem. n. salyersiae, of Salyers, to honour Abigail Salyers, who has contributed so much to our knowledge of intestinal bacteriology and anaerobic bacteriology in general
Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … sa-LYER-si-a͡e, masculine
Type strain: ATCC BAA-997; CCUG 48945; DSM 18765; JCM 12988; WAL 10018
See detailed strain information at
Conduct genome-based taxonomy at
16S rRNA gene:
EU136690
Analyse
FASTA
Effective publication:
Song YL, Liu CX, McTeague M, Finegold SM. "Bacteroides nordii" sp. nov. and "Bacteroides salyersae" sp. nov. isolated from clinical specimens of human intestinal origin. J Clin Microbiol 2004; 42:5565-5570. 
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IJSEM list:
Euzeby JP. Validation list no. 103. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2005; 55:983-985.
Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP
Taxonomic status: correct name (and explicitly recommended for medical use)
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Synonyms:
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Name Kind Bacteroides salyersae Song et al. 2005 other spelling of name, inaccurate spelling
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Notes:
- 😷 The risk group for Belgium has been imported on 2024-02-05. The full classification is: risk group = 2, note = "human pathogen". — The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 2. — If in doubt, use the risk group given in the regulations for your country and, if these are not available, use the risk group given in the catalogue of the culture collection from which you have obtained or intend to obtain the strain.
- 🎓 Name mentioned 17 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.
- 🙆 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 species itself.
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🧍 According to Bartlett et al. (2022), this species is a putative human pathogen.
Publication:
Bartlett A, Padfield D, Lear L, Bendall R, Vos M. A comprehensive list of bacterial pathogens infecting humans. Microbiology (Reading) 2022; 168:0. 🇬🇧
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🧍 The phylogenetic position of this species was determined in a genome-scale analysis by García-López et al. (2019).
Publication:
Garcia-Lopez M, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Tindall BJ, Gronow S, Woyke T, Kyrpides NC, Hahnke RL, Goker M. Analysis of 1,000 Type-Strain Genomes Improves Taxonomic Classification of Bacteroidetes. Front Microbiol 2019; 10:2083. 🇩🇪
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🧍 The phylogenetic position of this species was determined in a genome-scale analysis by Hahnke et al. (2016).
Publication:
Hahnke RL, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Garcia-Lopez M, Mukherjee S, Huntemann M, Ivanova NN, Woyke T, Kyrpides NC, Klenk HP, Goker M. Genome-Based Taxonomic Classification of Bacteroidetes. Front Microbiol 2016; 7:2003. 🇩🇪
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🧍 The original spelling of the specific epithet, salyersae (sic), has been corrected on validation according to Rule 61.
Publication:
Euzeby JP. Validation list no. 103. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2005; 55:983-985.
Parent taxon: Bacteroides Castellani and Chalmers 1919 (Approved Lists 1980)
Assigned by:
Song YL, Liu CX, McTeague M, Finegold SM. "Bacteroides nordii" sp. nov. and "Bacteroides salyersae" sp. nov. isolated from clinical specimens of human intestinal origin. J Clin Microbiol 2004; 42:5565-5570. 🇺🇸
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Record number: 785773
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