Name: Filifactor alocis (Cato et al. 1985) Jalava and Eerola 1999

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: Fusobacterium alocis Cato et al. 1985

Etymology: Gr. fem. n. alox, a furrow; N.L. gen. n. alocis, of a furrow, referring to its isolation from a crevice of the gums

Gender: masculine

Type strain: ATCC 35896; CCUG 47790; VPI D40B-5

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AJ006962 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Jalava J, Eerola E. Phylogenetic analysis of Fusobacterium alocis and Fusobacterium sulci based on 16S rRNA gene sequences: proposal of Filifactor alocis (Cato, Moore and Moore) comb. nov. and Eubacterium sulci (Cato, Moore and Moore) comb. nov. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1999; 49:1375-1379.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 49, part 4 of the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 2000; 50:5-7.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 2

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Fusobacterium alocis Cato et al. 1985	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • According to Ludwig et al. (2021), this "species affiliates away from the type species and falls well within the Fusobacterium and may be reclassified". Publication: Ludwig W, Viver T, Westram R, Francisco Gago J, Bustos-Caparros E, Knittel K, Amann R, Rossello-Mora R. Release LTP_12_2020, featuring a new ARB alignment and improved 16S rRNA tree for prokaryotic type strains. Syst Appl Microbiol 2021; 44:126218.

Parent taxon: Filifactor Collins et al. 1994

Assigned by: Jalava J, Eerola E. Phylogenetic analysis of Fusobacterium alocis and Fusobacterium sulci based on 16S rRNA gene sequences: proposal of Filifactor alocis (Cato, Moore and Moore) comb. nov. and Eubacterium sulci (Cato, Moore and Moore) comb. nov. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1999; 49:1375-1379.

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Record number: 783838