Name: Fusobacterium plautii corrig. Séguin 1928 (Approved Lists 1980)

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: N.L. gen. masc. n. plautii, of Plaut, named for H.C. Plaut, the bacteriologist who first described this organism

Gender: neuter

Type strains: ATCC 29863; CCUG 28093; DSM 4000; Prévot S1; VPI 310

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16S rRNA gene: AY724678 Analyse FASTA

Original publication: Séguin P. Culture du Fusobacterium plauti forme mobile du bacille fusiforme. Comptes Rendus des Séances de la Société de Biologie (Paris) 1928; 99:439-442.

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

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Flavonifractor plautii (Séguin 1928) Carlier et al. 2010

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Eubacterium plautii (Séguin 1928) Hofstad and Aasjord 1982	homotypic synonym, validly published
    Clostridium orbiscindens Winter et al. 1991	heterotypic synonym, validly published
    Fusobacterium plauti (sic) Séguin 1928 (Approved Lists 1980)	orthographically incorrect name, misspelling
    Flavonifractor plautii (Séguin 1928) Carlier et al. 2010	homotypic synonym, validly published

• Notes:
  • According to Carlier et al. (2010), this species is an earlier heterotypic synonym of Clostridium orbiscindens Winter et al. 1991. Publication: Carlier JP, Bedora-Faure M, K'ouas G, Alauzet C, Mory F. Proposal to unify Clostridium orbiscindens Winter et al. 1991 and Eubacterium plautii (Seguin 1928) Hofstad and Aasjord 1982, with description of Flavonifractor plautii gen. nov., comb. nov., and reassignment of Bacteroides capillosus to Pseudoflavonifractor capillosus gen. nov., comb. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2010; 60:585-590.
  • The original spelling of the specific epithet, plauti (sic), has been corrected by Hofstad and Aasjord 1982. Publication: Hofstad T, Aasjord P. Eubacterium plautii (Séguin 1928) comb. nov. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1982; 32:346-349.

Parent taxon: Fusobacterium Knorr 1922 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Séguin P. Culture du Fusobacterium plauti forme mobile du bacille fusiforme. Comptes Rendus des Séances de la Société de Biologie (Paris) 1928; 99:439-442.

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