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Species Bacteroides termitidis
Name: Bacteroides termitidis (Sebald 1962) Holdeman and Moore 1970 (Approved Lists 1980)
Etymology: ter.mi’ti.dis. L. masc. n. termes (gen. termitis), wood-eating worm; N.L. gen. masc. n. termitidis, pertaining to the termite
Type strain: ATCC 33386; DSM 24458; NCTC 11300
See detailed strain information at
Conduct genome-based taxonomy at
16S rRNA gene:
M58678
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FASTA
Effective publication: Holdeman LV, Moore WEC. Bacteroides. In: Cato EP, Cummins CS, Holdeman LV, Johnson JL, Moore WEC, Smibert RM, Smith LDS (eds), Outline of Clinical Methods in Anaerobic Bacteriology, 2nd revision, Virginia Polytechnic Institute - Anaerobe Laboratory, Blacksburg/Virginia, 1970, p. 33-44.
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 (and not recommended for medical use)
Correct name: Sebaldella termitidis (Sebald 1962) Collins and Shah 1986
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Synonyms:
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Name Kind Sebaldella termitidis (Sebald 1962) Collins and Shah 1986 homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
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Notes:
- ❗ Bacteroides termitidis is the correct name instead 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.
- 😷 The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No". — The risk group for Swiss Confederation has been imported on 2024-02-01. The full classification is: risk group = 1. — The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1. — 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 3 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.
- 🙅 This name is on the List of Recommended Names for bacteria of medical importance (LoRN) as a synonym of the name to be applied to this species. The name is on LoRN because of the recorded pathogenicity of the species itself.
Parent taxon: Bacteroides Castellani and Chalmers 1919 (Approved Lists 1980)
Assigned by: Holdeman LV, Moore WEC. Bacteroides. In: Cato EP, Cummins CS, Holdeman LV, Johnson JL, Moore WEC, Smibert RM, Smith LDS (eds), Outline of Clinical Methods in Anaerobic Bacteriology, 2nd revision, Virginia Polytechnic Institute - Anaerobe Laboratory, Blacksburg/Virginia, 1970, p. 33-44.
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Record number: 783469
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