Name: Oxalobacter formigenes Allison et al. 1985

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: for.mi.ge.nes. N.L. neut. n. acidum formicum, formic acid; Gr. suff. -genes, producing; from Gr. ind. v. gennaô, to produce; N.L. masc. part. adj. formigenes, formic acid producing

Gender: masculine

Type strain: ATCC 35274; CIP 106513; OxB

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16S rRNA gene: U49757 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Allison MJ, Dawson KA, Mayberry WR, Foss JG. Oxalobacter formigenes gen. nov., sp. nov.: oxalate-degrading anaerobes that inhabit the gastrointestinal tract. Arch Microbiol 1985; 141:1-7.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Validation list no. 18. Validation of publication of new names and new combinations previously effectively published outside the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1985; 35:375-376.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Oxalobacter Allison et al. 1985. Publication: Allison MJ, Dawson KA, Mayberry WR, Foss JG. Oxalobacter formigenes gen. nov., sp. nov.: oxalate-degrading anaerobes that inhabit the gastrointestinal tract. Arch Microbiol 1985; 141:1-7.
  • 😷 The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No". — The risk group for Swiss Confederation has been imported on 2024-02-01. The full classification is: risk group = 1. — The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1. — If in doubt, use the risk group given in the regulations for your country and, if these are not available, use the risk group given in the catalogue of the culture collection from which you have obtained or intend to obtain the strain.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 223 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.
  • 🧍 See also Chmiel et al. (2022). Publication: Chmiel JA, Carr C, Stuivenberg GA, Venema R, Chanyi RM, Al KF, Giguere D, Say H, Akouris PP, Dominguez Romero SA, et al. New perspectives on an old grouping: The genomic and phenotypic variability of Oxalobacter formigenes and the implications for calcium oxalate stone prevention. Front Microbiol 2022; 13:1011102.

Parent taxon: Oxalobacter Allison et al. 1985

Assigned by: Allison MJ, Dawson KA, Mayberry WR, Foss JG. Oxalobacter formigenes gen. nov., sp. nov.: oxalate-degrading anaerobes that inhabit the gastrointestinal tract. Arch Microbiol 1985; 141:1-7.

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