Species Bacteroides stercoris
Name: Bacteroides stercoris Johnson et al. 1986
Etymology: ster’co.ris. L. neut. n. stercus (gen. stercoris), dung, excrements, feces; L. gen. neut. n. stercoris, of feces, referring to source of isolate
Type strain: ATCC 43183; CCUG 38733; CIP 104203; DSM 19555; JCM 9496; NCTC 13053; VPI B5-21
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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at
16S rRNA gene:
EU136684
Analyse
FASTA 
Valid publication:
Johnson JL, Moore WEC, Moore LVH. Bacteroides caccae sp. nov., Bacteroides merdae sp. nov., and Bacteroides stercoris sp. nov. isolated from human feces. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1986; 36:499-501. 
Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP
Taxonomic status: correct name
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Notes:
- The phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is 0.06398 (N = 1).
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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.
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The genome of the type strain was sequenced as part of the GEBA (Genomic Encyclopedia of Bacteria and Archaea) project.
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.
- The full TRBA 466 classification is: risk group = 1, note = "+".
Parent taxon: Bacteroides Castellani and Chalmers 1919 (Approved Lists 1980)
Assigned by:
Johnson JL, Moore WEC, Moore LVH. Bacteroides caccae sp. nov., Bacteroides merdae sp. nov., and Bacteroides stercoris sp. nov. isolated from human feces. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1986; 36:499-501.
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Record number: 783465
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