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Name: Bacteroides thetaiotaomicron (Distaso 1912) Castellani and Chalmers 1919 (Approved Lists 1980)
Basonym: "Bacillus thetaiotaomicron" Distaso 1912
Etymology: N.L. neut. n. thetaiotaomicron, a combination of the Greek letters theta, iota and omicron, relating to the morphology of vacuolated forms (nominative in apposition)
Type strain: ATCC 29148; CCUG 10774; CIP 104206; DSM 2079; JCM 5827; NCTC 10582; VPI 5482
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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at
16S rRNA gene:
M58763
Analyse
FASTA
Effective publication: Castellani A, Chalmers AJ. Manual of Tropical Medicine, 3rd ed. Williams Wood and Co., New York, 1919.
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: correct name (and explicitly recommended for medical use)
Name | Kind |
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"Bacteroides fragilis subsp. thetaiotaomicron" (Distaso 1912) Holdeman and Moore 1970 | homotypic synonym, not validly published, distinct rank |
"Bacillus thetaiotaomicron" Distaso 1912 | homotypic synonym, not validly published, basonym of name in Approved Lists |
Parent taxon: Bacteroides Castellani and Chalmers 1919 (Approved Lists 1980)
Assigned by: Castellani A, Chalmers AJ. Manual of Tropical Medicine, 3rd ed. Williams Wood and Co., New York, 1919.
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Record number: 773976