Name: Parabacteroides gordonii Sakamoto et al. 2009

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: gor.do’ni.i. N.L. gen. masc. n. gordonii, of Gordon, named after the American biologist Jeffrey I. Gordon, in recognition of his many contributions to intestinal microbiology

Pronunciation, gender: gor-DO-ni-i, masculine

Type strain: CCUG 57478; DSM 23371; JCM 15724; MS-1

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AB470343 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Sakamoto M, Suzuki N, Matsunaga N, Koshihara K, Seki M, Komiya H, Benno Y. Parabacteroides gordonii sp. nov., isolated from human blood cultures. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009; 59:2843-2847.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 59, part 11 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2010; 60:269-270.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name (and explicitly recommended for medical use)

Risk group: 2

• Notes:
  • 😷 The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "Animal classification RG: 1 - Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No - Containment level: Containment Level 1". — The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 2. — 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 16 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.
  • 🙆 This name is on the List of Recommended Names for bacteria of medical importance (LoRN) as the name to be applied to this species. The name is on LoRN because of the recorded risk group of the species itself.
  • 🧍 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 (Reading) 2022; 168:0.
  • 🧍 The genome of the type strain was sequenced as part of the GEBA (Genomic Encyclopedia of Bacteria and Archaea) project. Publication: 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.

Parent taxon: Parabacteroides Sakamoto and Benno 2006

Assigned by: Sakamoto M, Suzuki N, Matsunaga N, Koshihara K, Seki M, Komiya H, Benno Y. Parabacteroides gordonii sp. nov., isolated from human blood cultures. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009; 59:2843-2847.

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Record number: 788208