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Species Prevotella falsenii
Name: Prevotella falsenii Sakamoto et al. 2009
Etymology: fal.sen’i.i. N.L. gen. masc. n. falsenii, of Falsen, to honour the contemporary Norwegian microbiologist Enevold Falsen, for his lifelong interest in bacterial taxonomy and for his systematic characterization of bacteria at the Culture Collection of the University of Göteborg
Type strain: 04052; CCUG 56137; DSM 22864; JCM 15124
See detailed strain information at
Conduct genome-based taxonomy at
16S rRNA gene:
AB429504
Analyse
FASTA
Valid publication:
Sakamoto M, Kumada H, Hamada N, Takahashi Y, Okamoto M, Bakir MA, Benno Y. Prevotella falsenii sp. nov., a Prevotella intermedia-like organism isolated from monkey dental plaque. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009; 59:319-322. 
IJSEM list:
Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 59, part 2 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009; 59:926-927.
Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP
Taxonomic status: correct name (and explicitly recommended for medical use)
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Emendations:
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García-López et al. 2019
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.
Oren A, Garrity GM. List of changes in taxonomic opinion no. 32. Notification of changes in taxonomic opinion previously published outside the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:4061-4090.
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García-López et al. 2019
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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Notes:
- 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "t+". — 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 4 times in PubMed until 2024-03-28.
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🪓 Organisms assigned to this species have previously been classified as Prevotella intermedia (Holdeman and Moore 1970) Shah and Collins 1990.
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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🫡 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 genus. This name is not taxonomically suspended any more in favour of Prevotella intermedia (Holdeman and Moore 1970) Shah and Collins 1990.
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.
Parent taxon: Prevotella Shah and Collins 1990
Assigned by:
Sakamoto M, Kumada H, Hamada N, Takahashi Y, Okamoto M, Bakir MA, Benno Y. Prevotella falsenii sp. nov., a Prevotella intermedia-like organism isolated from monkey dental plaque. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009; 59:319-322.
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Record number: 787731
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