Species ***Prevotella* *brunnea***

Name: Prevotella brunnea Buhl et al. 2019

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

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: pre-wo-TEL-la 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. 🇩🇪

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)

Risk group: 1

Notes:
- 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2026-08-13. 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 1 time 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: 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. 🇩🇪

Linking: To permanently link to this page, use https://doi.org/10.83108/rn.5658Link copied to clipboard

Record number: 5658

This LPSN page was printed on 2026-08-15 07:06:01

Support LPSN

Species Prevotella brunnea

Species ***Prevotella* *brunnea***