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Species Prevotella denticola
Name: Prevotella denticola (Shah and Collins 1982) Shah and Collins 1990
Basonym: Bacteroides denticola Shah and Collins 1982
Etymology: den.ti’co.la. L. masc. n. dens (gen. dentis), tooth; L. masc./fem. n. suff. -cola, inhabitant, dweller; from L. masc./fem. n. incola, dweller; N.L. masc./fem. n. denticola, tooth dweller
Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … den-TI-ko-la, feminine
Type strain: ATCC 35308; CCUG 29542; CIP 104478; DSM 20614; JCM 13449; NCDO 2352; NCFB 2352; NCTC 13067; Shah and Collins 1210; Socransky 1210; VPI 14460
Conduct genome-based taxonomy at
16S rRNA gene:
AB547679
Analyse
FASTA
Valid publication:
Shah HN, Collins DM. Prevotella, a new genus to include Bacteroides melaninogenicus and related species formerly classified in the genus Bacteroides. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1990; 40:205-208. 
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Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP
Taxonomic status: correct name (and explicitly recommended for medical use)
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Synonyms:
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Name Kind Bacteroides denticola Shah and Collins 1982 homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
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Emendations:
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Wu et al. 1992
Wu CC, Johnson JL, Moore WE, Moore LV. Emended descriptions of Prevotella denticola, Prevotella loescheii, Prevotella veroralis, and Prevotella melaninogenica. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1992; 42:536-541. 🇺🇸
Notes:- 🧍 This emendation was not found in the expected IJSEM notification list.
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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.
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Wu et al. 1992
Wu CC, Johnson JL, Moore WE, Moore LV. Emended descriptions of Prevotella denticola, Prevotella loescheii, Prevotella veroralis, and Prevotella melaninogenica. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1992; 42:536-541.
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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 Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 2, note = "Animal classification RG: 2 - Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No - Containment level: Containment Level 2". — The risk group for Swiss Confederation has been imported on 2024-02-01. The full classification is: risk group = 2. — The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 2, note = "ht". — 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 81 times 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 risk group of the species itself.
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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 (Reading) 2022; 168:0. 🇬🇧
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🧍 The strain NCDO 2352, cited in Validation List no. 8 as the type strain of Bacteroides denticola, does not appear in the UKNCC Strain databases or in The complete list of NCIMB bacterial strains.
Publication:
Shah HN, Collins MD. Bacteroides buccalis, sp. nov., Bacteroides denticola, sp. nov., and Bacteroides pentosaceus, sp. nov., new species of the genus Bacteroides from the oral cavity. Zentralbl. Bakteriol. Parasitenkd. Infektionskr. Hyg. Abt. 1 Orig. 1981; C2:235-241. 🇬🇧
Parent taxon: Prevotella Shah and Collins 1990
Assigned by:
Shah HN, Collins DM. Prevotella, a new genus to include Bacteroides melaninogenicus and related species formerly classified in the genus Bacteroides. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1990; 40:205-208. 🇬🇧
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Record number: 779789
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