Name: Hoylesella enoeca (Moore et al. 1994) Hitch et al. 2023

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: Prevotella enoeca Moore et al. 1994

Etymology: en.oe’ca. Gr. masc./fem. adj. enoikos, inhabitant, dweller in a place; N.L. fem. adj. enoeca, inhabiting, because the organism is an inhabitant of the gingival crevice

Gender: feminine

Type strain: ATCC 51261; CIP 104472; DSM 19773; JCM 12259; NCTC 13068; VPI D194A-25A

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AB547684 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Hitch TCA, Bisdorf K, Afrizal A, Riedel T, Overmann J, Strowig T, Clavel T. A taxonomic note on the genus Prevotella: Description of four novel genera and emended description of the genera Hallella and Xylanibacter. Syst Appl Microbiol 2022; 45:126354.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Göker M. Validation list no. 209. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2023; 73:5709.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: synonym (and not recommended for medical use)

Correct name: Prevotella enoeca Moore et al. 1994

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Prevotella enoeca Moore et al. 1994	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Hoylesella Hitch et al. 2023. Publication: Hitch TCA, Bisdorf K, Afrizal A, Riedel T, Overmann J, Strowig T, Clavel T. A taxonomic note on the genus Prevotella: Description of four novel genera and emended description of the genera Hallella and Xylanibacter. Syst Appl Microbiol 2022; 45:126354.
  • ❗ Hoylesella enoeca is the correct name instead if this species is regarded as a separate species (i.e., if its nomenclatural type is not assigned to another species whose name is validly published, legitimate and not rejected and has priority) within a separate genus Hoylesella.
  • 😷 The taxon name shown here has no risk group assigned, but is the homotypic synonym of Prevotella enoeca Moore et al. 1994, which has a risk group (Canada) above 1. This may require that the name shown here is not treated as the correct name for practical purposes. — The taxon name shown here has no risk group assigned, but is the homotypic synonym of Prevotella enoeca Moore et al. 1994, which has a risk group (Swiss Confederation) above 1. This may require that the name shown here is not treated as the correct name for practical purposes.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 0 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.
  • 🙅 This name is on the List of Recommended Names for bacteria of medical importance (LoRN) as a synonym of the name to be applied to this species. The name is on LoRN because of the recorded risk group of the species itself.

Parent taxon: Hoylesella Hitch et al. 2023

Assigned by: Hitch TCA, Bisdorf K, Afrizal A, Riedel T, Overmann J, Strowig T, Clavel T. A taxonomic note on the genus Prevotella: Description of four novel genera and emended description of the genera Hallella and Xylanibacter. Syst Appl Microbiol 2022; 45:126354.

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Record number: 36196