Species ***Prevotella* *amnii***

Name: Prevotella amnii Lawson et al. 2008

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: am’ni.i. Gr. neut. n. amnion, inner membrane surrounding the fetus; N.L. gen. neut. n. amnii, of the amnion, pertaining to the amniotic fluid from which the organism was first isolated

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: pre-wo-TEL-la AM-ni-i, feminine

Type strain: CCUG 53648; DSM 23384; JCM 14753

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AB547670 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Lawson PA, Moore E, Falsen E. Prevotella amnii sp. nov., isolated from human amniotic fluid. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008; 58:89-92. 🇺🇸

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 58, part 1 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008; 58:747-748.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

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

Risk group: 1

Emendations:
- Hahnke et al. 2016 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. 🇩🇪 Oren A, Garrity GM. List of changes in taxonomic opinion no. 26. Notification of changes in taxonomic opinion previously published outside the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:2081-2086.
  Notes:
  - 🧍 The genome of the type strain was sequenced as part of the GEBA (Genomic Encyclopedia of Bacteria and Archaea) project.

Notes:
- 😷 The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "default: 1 Animal classification RG: 1 - Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No - Containment level: Containment Level 1; CRIS 21A-A: 1 Human classification RG: not given - Animal classification RG: 1 - Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No". — The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "+". — 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 24 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 pathogenicity of the species itself.
- 🧍 According to Bartlett et al. (2022), this species is a putative 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. 🇬🇧

Parent taxon: Prevotella Shah and Collins 1990

Assigned by: Lawson PA, Moore E, Falsen E. Prevotella amnii sp. nov., isolated from human amniotic fluid. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008; 58:89-92. 🇺🇸

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Species Prevotella amnii

Species ***Prevotella* *amnii***