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Species Prevotella brunnea
Name: Prevotella brunnea Buhl et al. 2019
Etymology: brun’ne.a. N.L. fem. adj. brunnea, brown, referring to the chocolate brown pigmentation of colonies of the type strain on supplemented BHI agar with defibrinated sheep blood
Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … BRUN-ne-a, feminine
Type strain: A2672; CCOS 1231; CCUG 72809; DSM 108033
Conduct genome-based taxonomy at
16S rRNA gene:
MK424351
Analyse
FASTA
Valid publication:
Buhl M, Dunlap C, Marschal M. Prevotella brunnea sp. nov., isolated from a wound of a patient. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2019; 69:3933-3938. 
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IJSEM list:
Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 69, part 12 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:1447-1449.
Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP
Taxonomic status: correct name (and explicitly recommended for medical use)
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Notes:
- 🎓 Name mentioned 1 time 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.
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🧍 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:
Buhl M, Dunlap C, Marschal M. Prevotella brunnea sp. nov., isolated from a wound of a patient. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2019; 69:3933-3938. 🇩🇪
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Record number: 5658
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