Species "Bacteroides varius"

Name: "Bacteroides varius" Eggerth and Gagnon 1933

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: va’ri.us. L. masc. adj. varius, varying

Gender: masculine

Type strain: ATCC 8501; CCUG 4858; DSM 19868; NCTC 10560

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16S rRNA gene: AB640694 Analyse FASTA

Original publication: Eggerth AH, Gagnon BH. The Bacteroides of Human Feces. J Bacteriol 1933; 25:389-413.

Nomenclatural status: not validly published, basonym of name in Approved Lists

Taxonomic status: synonym (and no standing)

Correct name: Fusobacterium varium (Eggerth and Gagnon 1933) Moore and Holdeman 1969 (Approved Lists 1980)

Risk group: 2

Synonyms:

Name	Kind
Fusobacterium pseudonecrophorum (ex Prévot 1940) Shinjo et al. 1990	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
Fusobacterium varium (Eggerth and Gagnon 1933) Moore and Holdeman 1969 (Approved Lists 1980)	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

Notes:
- ⏰ According to Bailey and Love (1993), this species is an earlier heterotypic synonym of Fusobacterium pseudonecrophorum (ex Prévot 1940) Shinjo et al. 1990. Publication: Bailey GD, Love DN. Fusobacterium pseudonecrophorum is a synonym for Fusobacterium varium. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1993; 43:819-821.
- 😷 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 Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 2, note = "Animal classification RG: 1 - Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No - Containment level: Containment Level 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.

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

Assigned by: Eggerth AH, Gagnon BH. The Bacteroides of Human Feces. J Bacteriol 1933; 25:389-413.

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Record number: 4217

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