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Species Bacteroides vicugnae
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siblings
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- Bacteroides acidifaciens
- "Bacteroides aerofaciens"
- Bacteroides amylophilus
- Bacteroides asaccharolyticus
- "Candidatus Bacteroides avicola"
- "Bacteroides avidus"
- Bacteroides barnesiae
- "Bacteroides biformis"
- Bacteroides bivius
- "Bacteroides bouchesdurhonensis"
- Bacteroides buccae
- Bacteroides buccalis
- Bacteroides caccae
- Bacteroides caecicola
- Bacteroides caecigallinarum
- Bacteroides caecimuris
- Bacteroides capillosus
- Bacteroides capillus
- "Bacteroides catenaformis"
- "Bacteroides celer"
- Bacteroides cellulolyticus
- Bacteroides cellulosilyticus
- Bacteroides cellulosolvens
- Bacteroides chinchillae
- Bacteroides clarus
- "Bacteroides clostridiiformis"
- Bacteroides coagulans
- "Bacteroides congonensis"
- Bacteroides coprocola
- Bacteroides coprophilus
- Bacteroides coprosuis
- Bacteroides corporis
- "Bacteroides corrodens"
- "Bacteroides cutis"
- "Bacteroides cylindroides"
- "Bacteroides denticanum"
- Bacteroides denticola
- "Bacteroides destillationis"
- "Bacteroides difficilis"
- Bacteroides disiens
- Bacteroides distasonis
- Bacteroides dorei
- Bacteroides eggerthii
- Bacteroides endodontalis
- Bacteroides facilis
- Bacteroides faecalis
- Bacteroides faecichinchillae
- Bacteroides faecis
- Bacteroides faecium
- Bacteroides finegoldii
- "Bacteroides floccosus"
- Bacteroides fluxus
- Bacteroides forsythus
- Bacteroides fragilis
- Bacteroides furcosus
- "Bacteroides fusiformis"
- Bacteroides galacturonicus
- Bacteroides gallinaceum
- Bacteroides gallinaceus corrig.
- Bacteroides gallinarum
- Bacteroides gingivalis
- "Bacteroides glutinosus"
- Bacteroides goldsteinii
- Bacteroides gracilis
- Bacteroides graminisolvens
- Bacteroides helcogenes
- Bacteroides heparinolyticus
- Bacteroides hominis
- "Bacteroides hominis"
- Bacteroides humanifaecis
- Bacteroides hypermegas
- "Bacteroides ihuae"
- "Bacteroides ihuae"
- "Bacteroides ilei"
- Bacteroides intermedius
- Bacteroides intestinalis
- "Candidatus Bacteroides intestinavium"
- "Candidatus Bacteroides intestinigallinarum"
- "Candidatus Bacteroides intestinipullorum"
- Bacteroides koreensis
- Bacteroides kribbi
- "Bacteroides lentus"
- Bacteroides levii
- "Bacteroides limosus"
- Bacteroides loescheii
- Bacteroides luhongzhouii
- Bacteroides luti
- Bacteroides macacae
- "Candidatus Bacteroides massiliae"
- "Candidatus Bacteroides massiliensis" corrig.
- Bacteroides massiliensis
- "Bacteroides maternus"
- "Bacteroides mediterraneensis"
- "Bacteroides mediterraneensis"
- Bacteroides melaninogenicus
- Bacteroides merdae
- "Candidatus Bacteroides merdavium"
- "Candidatus Bacteroides merdigallinarum"
- "Candidatus Bacteroides merdipullorum"
- Bacteroides microfusus
- "Bacteroides minutum"
- "Bacteroides mucinivorans"
- Bacteroides multiacidus
- "Bacteroides multiformis"
- "Bacteroides muris"
- Bacteroides muris
- "Bacteroides ndongoniae"
- "Bacteroides neonati"
- Bacteroides nodosus
- Bacteroides nordii
- Bacteroides ochraceus
- Bacteroides oleiciplenus
- Bacteroides oralis
- Bacteroides oris
- Bacteroides oulorum
- Bacteroides ovatus
- Bacteroides parvus
- Bacteroides paurosaccharolyticus
- Bacteroides pectinophilus
- Bacteroides pentosaceus
- "Candidatus Bacteroides periocalifornicus"
- "Candidatus Bacteroides periodontitidicalifornicus" corrig.
- Bacteroides plebeius
- Bacteroides pneumosintes
- Bacteroides polypragmatus
- Bacteroides praeacutus
- "Bacteroides praussnitzii"
- Bacteroides propionicifaciens
- Bacteroides propionicigenes
- "Candidatus Bacteroides pullicola"
- Bacteroides putredinis
- Bacteroides pyogenes
- "Bacteroides rectalis"
- Bacteroides reticulotermitis
- Bacteroides rhinocerotis
- Bacteroides rodentium
- Bacteroides ruminicola
- "Bacteroides russii"
- Bacteroides salanitronis
- Bacteroides salivosus
- Bacteroides salyersae
- Bacteroides salyersiae corrig.
- Bacteroides sartorii
- "Bacteroides sedimenti"
- Bacteroides splanchnicus
- Bacteroides stercorirosoris
- Bacteroides stercoris
- Bacteroides succinogenes
- Bacteroides suis
- "Bacteroides symbiosus"
- Bacteroides tectum
- Bacteroides tectus corrig.
- "Bacteroides tenuis"
- "Bacteroides terebrans"
- Bacteroides termitidis
- Bacteroides thetaiotaomicron
- "Bacteroides timonensis"
- "Candidatus Bacteroides timonensis"
- "Bacteroides togonis"
- Bacteroides uniformis
- Bacteroides ureolyticus
- "Bacteroides varius"
- Bacteroides veroralis
- "Bacteroides viscosus"
- Bacteroides vulgatus
- Bacteroides xylanisolvens
- Bacteroides xylanolyticus
- Bacteroides zhangwenhongii
- Bacteroides zoogleoformans
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Name: Bacteroides vicugnae Miller et al. 2025
Etymology: vi.cu’gnae. N.L. gen. fem. n. vicugnae, pertaining to alpaca (Vicugna pacos) where the organism was first isolated
Pronunciation, gender: wi-KU-n͡gna͡e, masculine
Type strain: A2-P53; CCM 9377; CCUG 77273; NRRL B-65693
Conduct genome-based taxonomy at
Effective publication:
Miller S, Hendry M, King J, Sankaranarayanan K, Lawson PA. Bacteroides vicugnae sp. nov. isolated from the fecal material of an alpaca. Anaerobe 2024; 0:102862. 
IJSEM list:
Oren A, Göker M. Validation list no. 221. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2025; 75:6562.
Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP
Taxonomic status: correct name (and explicitly recommended for medical use)
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Notes:
- 🎓 Name mentioned 1 time in PubMed until 2025-02-04.
- 🙆 This name is on the List of Recommended Names for bacteria of medical importance (LoRN) as the name to be applied to this species. The name is on LoRN because of the recorded risk group of the genus.
Parent taxon: Bacteroides Castellani and Chalmers 1919 (Approved Lists 1980)
Assigned by:
Miller S, Hendry M, King J, Sankaranarayanan K, Lawson PA. Bacteroides vicugnae sp. nov. isolated from the fecal material of an alpaca. Anaerobe 2024; 0:102862.
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Record number: 57180
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