Name: Macellibacteroides fermentans Jabari et al. 2012

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: fer.men’tans. L. part. adj. fermentans, fermenting

Gender: masculine

Type strain: CCUG 60892; DSM 23697; JCM 16313; LIND7H

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: HQ020488 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Jabari L, Gannoun H, Cayol JL, Hedi A, Sakamoto M, Falsen E, Ohkuma M, Hamdi M, Fauque G, Ollivier B, et al. Macellibacteroides fermentans gen. nov., sp. nov., a member of the family Porphyromonadaceae isolated from an upflow anaerobic filter treating abattoir wastewaters. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2012; 62:2522-2527.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 62, part 10 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:6-7.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Macellibacteroides Jabari et al. 2012. Publication: Jabari L, Gannoun H, Cayol JL, Hedi A, Sakamoto M, Falsen E, Ohkuma M, Hamdi M, Fauque G, Ollivier B, et al. Macellibacteroides fermentans gen. nov., sp. nov., a member of the family Porphyromonadaceae isolated from an upflow anaerobic filter treating abattoir wastewaters. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2012; 62:2522-2527.
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 5 times in PubMed until 2024-03-28.
  • 🧍 According to Ludwig et al. (2021), this "species is closest to Parabacteroides chartae and may need reclassification". 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: Macellibacteroides Jabari et al. 2012

Assigned by: Jabari L, Gannoun H, Cayol JL, Hedi A, Sakamoto M, Falsen E, Ohkuma M, Hamdi M, Fauque G, Ollivier B, et al. Macellibacteroides fermentans gen. nov., sp. nov., a member of the family Porphyromonadaceae isolated from an upflow anaerobic filter treating abattoir wastewaters. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2012; 62:2522-2527.

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