Name: Phocaeicola sartorii (Clavel et al. 2010) García-López et al. 2020

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: Bacteroides sartorii Clavel et al. 2010

Etymology: sar.to’ri.i. N.L. gen. masc. n. sartorii, in honor of Balfour Sartor, Professor of Medicine, Microbiology and Immunology at the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill, for his outstanding contribution to the understanding of microbial ecology in inflammatory bowel diseases

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: p^ho-ka͡e-I-ko-la sar-TO-ri-i, masculine

Type strain: A-C2-0; CCUG 57211; DSM 21941; JCM 17136

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AB572597 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 sartorii Clavel et al. 2010	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    Phocaeicola chinchillae (Kitahara et al. 2011) García-López et al. 2020	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    Bacteroides chinchillae Kitahara et al. 2011	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • ⏰ According to Sakamoto and Ohkuma (2012), this species is an earlier heterotypic synonym of Phocaeicola chinchillae (Kitahara et al. 2011) García-López et al. 2020. Publication: Sakamoto M, Ohkuma M. Bacteroides sartorii is an earlier heterotypic synonym of Bacteroides chinchillae and has priority. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2012; 62:1241-1244. 🇯🇵
  • ⏰ According to Sakamoto and Ohkuma (2012), this species is an earlier heterotypic synonym of Bacteroides chinchillae Kitahara et al. 2011. Publication: Sakamoto M, Ohkuma M. Bacteroides sartorii is an earlier heterotypic synonym of Bacteroides chinchillae and has priority. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2012; 62:1241-1244. 🇯🇵
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 6 times in PubMed until 2026-06-11.
  • 🫡 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 genus. This name is not taxonomically suspended any more in favour of Bacteroides sartorii Clavel et al. 2010. Publication: Clavel T, Saalfrank A, Charrier C, Haller D. Isolation of bacteria from mouse caecal samples and description of Bacteroides sartorii sp. nov. Arch Microbiol 2010; 192:427-435. 🇩🇪 Euzeby JP. Validation list no. 134. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2010; 60:1477-1479.

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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