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Domain Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family Genus Species Rarely used categories

Species "Fusobacterium paranimalis"

Name: "Fusobacterium paranimalis" Sivertsen et al. 2025

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: par.a.ni.ma’lis. Gr. prep. para, beside, near, like; L. gen. n. animalis, of an animal (also as adjective); N.L. gen. n. paranimalis, resembling (Fusobacterium) animalis

Pronunciation, gender: par-a-ni-MA-lis, neuter

Nomenclatural type: DSM 119817; NCTC 15132; Vestland19T

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16S rRNA gene: OZ259485 Analyse FASTA

Original publication: Sivertsen A, Forni D, Molteni C, Bivand J, Dimmen G, Bruvold TS, Sironi M, Kommedal O. Reassessing taxonomy and virulence in the Fusobacterium nucleatum group-rebuttal of Fusobacterium animalis clades "Fna C1" and "Fna C2," genome announcement for Fusobacterium watanabei, and description of Fusobacterium paranimalis sp. nov. mBio 2025; 16:e0094125. 🇳🇴

Nomenclatural status: not validly published

Taxonomic status: preferred name (not correct name)

Parent taxon: Fusobacterium Knorr 1922 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Sivertsen A, Forni D, Molteni C, Bivand J, Dimmen G, Bruvold TS, Sironi M, Kommedal O. Reassessing taxonomy and virulence in the Fusobacterium nucleatum group-rebuttal of Fusobacterium animalis clades "Fna C1" and "Fna C2," genome announcement for Fusobacterium watanabei, and description of Fusobacterium paranimalis sp. nov. mBio 2025; 16:e0094125. 🇳🇴

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Record number: 67369
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