Name: Paraprevotella clara Morotomi et al. 2009

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: cla’ra. L. fem. adj. clara, clear, bright, shining or brilliant, referring to the colony characteristics

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: pa-ra-pre-wo-TEL-la KLA-ra, feminine

Type strain: DSM 19731; JCM 14859; YIT 11840

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AB547651 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Morotomi M, Nagai F, Sakon H, Tanaka R. Paraprevotella clara gen. nov., sp. nov. and Paraprevotella xylaniphila sp. nov., members of the family 'Prevotellaceae' isolated from human faeces. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009; 59:1895-1900. 🇯🇵

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 59, part 8 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009; 59:2649-2650.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Paraprevotella Morotomi et al. 2009. Publication: Morotomi M, Nagai F, Sakon H, Tanaka R. Paraprevotella clara gen. nov., sp. nov. and Paraprevotella xylaniphila sp. nov., members of the family 'Prevotellaceae' isolated from human faeces. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009; 59:1895-1900. 🇯🇵
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2026-08-13. 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 22 times in PubMed until 2026-06-11.
  • 🧍 The phylogenetic position of this species was determined in a genome-scale analysis by García-López et al. (2019). Publication: Garcia-Lopez M, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Tindall BJ, Gronow S, Woyke T, Kyrpides NC, Hahnke RL, Goker M. Analysis of 1,000 Type-Strain Genomes Improves Taxonomic Classification of Bacteroidetes. Front Microbiol 2019; 10:2083. 🇩🇪
  • 🧍 The phylogenetic position of this species was determined in a genome-scale analysis by Hahnke et al. (2016). 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: Paraprevotella Morotomi et al. 2009

Assigned by: Morotomi M, Nagai F, Sakon H, Tanaka R. Paraprevotella clara gen. nov., sp. nov. and Paraprevotella xylaniphila sp. nov., members of the family 'Prevotellaceae' isolated from human faeces. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009; 59:1895-1900. 🇯🇵

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