Name: Odoribacter splanchnicus (Werner et al. 1975) Hardham et al. 2008

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: Bacteroides splanchnicus Werner et al. 1975 (Approved Lists 1980)

Etymology: splanch.ni.cus. N.L. masc. adj. splanchnicus, pertaining to the internal organs (referring to the source of isolation)

Gender: masculine

Type strain: ATCC 29572; CCUG 21054; CCUG 21054 A; CIP 104287; DSM 20712; JCM 15291; LMG 8202; NCTC 10825

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AB547649 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Hardham JM, King KW, Dreier K, Wong J, Strietzel C, Eversole RR, Sfintescu C, Evans RT. Transfer of Bacteroides splanchnicus to Odoribacter gen. nov. as Odoribacter splanchnicus comb. nov., and description of Odoribacter denticanis sp. nov., isolated from the crevicular spaces of canine periodontitis patients. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008; 58:103-109.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 58, part 1 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008; 58:747-748.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 2

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Bacteroides splanchnicus Werner et al. 1975 (Approved Lists 1980)	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Emendations:
  • Hahnke et al. 2016 Hahnke RL, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Garcia-Lopez M, Mukherjee S, Huntemann M, Ivanova NN, Woyke T, Kyrpides NC, Klenk HP, Goker M. Genome-Based Taxonomic Classification of Bacteroidetes. Front Microbiol 2016; 7:2003. Oren A, Garrity GM. List of changes in taxonomic opinion no. 26. Notification of changes in taxonomic opinion previously published outside the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:2081-2086.

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Odoribacter Hardham et al. 2008. Publication: Hardham JM, King KW, Dreier K, Wong J, Strietzel C, Eversole RR, Sfintescu C, Evans RT. Transfer of Bacteroides splanchnicus to Odoribacter gen. nov. as Odoribacter splanchnicus comb. nov., and description of Odoribacter denticanis sp. nov., isolated from the crevicular spaces of canine periodontitis patients. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008; 58:103-109.
  • 😷 The risk group for Belgium has been imported on 2024-02-05. The full classification is: risk group = 2, note = "human pathogen". — The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 2, note = "Animal classification RG: 1 - Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No - Containment level: Containment Level 2". — The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 2.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 49 times in PubMed until 2024-03-28.
  • 🧍 According to Bartlett et al. (2022), this species is an established human pathogen. Publication: Bartlett A, Padfield D, Lear L, Bendall R, Vos M. A comprehensive list of bacterial pathogens infecting humans. Microbiology 2022; 168:0.
  • 🧍 The genome of the type strain was sequenced as part of the GEBA (Genomic Encyclopedia of Bacteria and Archaea) project. Publication: Goker M, Gronow S, Zeytun A, Nolan M, Lucas S, Lapidus A, Hammon N, Deshpande S, Cheng JF, Pitluck S, et al. Complete genome sequence of Odoribacter splanchnicus type strain (1651/6). Stand Genomic Sci 2011; 4:200-209.

Parent taxon: Odoribacter Hardham et al. 2008

Assigned by: Hardham JM, King KW, Dreier K, Wong J, Strietzel C, Eversole RR, Sfintescu C, Evans RT. Transfer of Bacteroides splanchnicus to Odoribacter gen. nov. as Odoribacter splanchnicus comb. nov., and description of Odoribacter denticanis sp. nov., isolated from the crevicular spaces of canine periodontitis patients. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008; 58:103-109.

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