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Species Prevotella bergensis
Name: Prevotella bergensis Downes et al. 2006
Etymology: berg.en’sis. N.L. fem. adj. bergensis, referring to Bergen, the Norwegian city where the first strains were isolated
Type strain: 94067913; CCUG 51224; DSM 17361; JCM 13869
Conduct genome-based taxonomy at
16S rRNA gene:
AB547672
Analyse
FASTA
Valid publication:
Downes J, Sutcliffe IC, Hofstad T, Wade WG. Prevotella bergensis sp. nov., isolated from human infections. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006; 56:609-612. 
IJSEM list:
Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 56, part 3 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006; 56:1181-1182.
Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP
Taxonomic status: correct name
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Synonyms:
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Name Kind Hallella bergensis (Downes et al. 2006) Hitch et al. 2023 homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
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Notes:
- 😷 The risk group for Belgium has been imported on 2024-02-05. The full classification is: risk group = 2, note = "human pathogen". — 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 2 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.
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🧍 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 2022; 168:0.
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🧍 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.
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🧍 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: Prevotella Shah and Collins 1990
Assigned by:
Downes J, Sutcliffe IC, Hofstad T, Wade WG. Prevotella bergensis sp. nov., isolated from human infections. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006; 56:609-612.
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Record number: 779782
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