Species Bacteroides splanchnicus

Name: Bacteroides splanchnicus Werner et al. 1975 (Approved Lists 1980)

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: splanch.ni.cus. Gr. pl. n. splanchna, the "innards"; L. masc. adj. suff. -icus, suffix used with the sense of pertaining to; N.L. masc. adj. splanchnicus, pertaining to the internal organs (referring to the source of isolation)

Gender: masculine

Type strain: ATCC 29572; CCUG 21054; CCUG 21054 A; CIP 104287; DSM 20712; JCM 15291; LMG 8202; NCTC 10825

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AB547649 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Werner H, Rintelen G, Kunstek-Santos H. A new butyric acid-producing Bacteroides species: B. splanchnicus n. sp. Zentralblatt für Bakteriologie, Parasitenkunde, Infektionskrankheiten und Hygiene. Abteilung I 1975; 231:133-144.

IJSEM list: Skerman VBD, McGowan V, Sneath PHA. Approved lists of bacterial names. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1980; 30:225-420.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Odoribacter splanchnicus (Werner et al. 1975) Hardham et al. 2008

Risk group: 2

Synonyms:

Name	Kind
Odoribacter splanchnicus (Werner et al. 1975) Hardham et al. 2008	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

Notes:
- Bacteroides splanchnicus is the correct name if this species is regarded as a separate species (i.e., if its nomenclatural type is not assigned to another species whose name is validly published, legitimate and not rejected and has priority) within a separate genus Bacteroides.
- According to Bartlett et al. (2022), this species is an established human pathogen. Publication: Bartlett A, Padfield D, Lear L, Bendall R, Vos M. A comprehensive list of bacterial pathogens infecting humans. Microbiology 2022; 168:0.

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

Assigned by: Werner H, Rintelen G, Kunstek-Santos H. A new butyric acid-producing Bacteroides species: B. splanchnicus n. sp. Zentralblatt für Bakteriologie, Parasitenkunde, Infektionskrankheiten und Hygiene. Abteilung I 1975; 231:133-144.

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Record number: 773973

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