Name: Phocaeicola dorei (Bakir et al. 2006) García-López et al. 2020

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: Bacteroides dorei Bakir et al. 2006

Etymology: do’re.i. N.L. gen. masc. n. dorei, of Doré, in honor of the French microbiologist Joel Doré, in recognition of his many contributions to intestinal, gut microbiology

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … DO-re-i, masculine

Type strain: 175; CCUG 53892; DSM 17855; JCM 13471

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AB242142 Analyse FASTA

Effective 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. 🇩🇪

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Validation list no. 193. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:2960-2966.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

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

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Bacteroides dorei Bakir et al. 2006	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 20 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 pathogenicity of the species itself. This name is not taxonomically suspended any more in favour of Bacteroides dorei Bakir et al. 2006. Publication: Bakir MA, Sakamoto M, Kitahara M, Matsumoto M, Benno Y. Bacteroides dorei sp. nov., isolated from human faeces. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006; 56:1639-1643. 🇯🇵 Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 56, part 7 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006; 56:2251-2252.

Parent taxon: Phocaeicola Al Masalma et al. 2009

Assigned by: 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. 🇩🇪

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Record number: 7835