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. 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.
  • 🎓 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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