Species Prevotella heparinolytica

Name: Prevotella heparinolytica (Okuda et al. 1985) Shah and Collins 1990

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: Bacteroides heparinolyticus Okuda et al. 1985

Etymology: he.pa.ri.no.ly.ti.ca. N.L. neut. adj. heparinum, heparin; from Gr. neut. n. hêpar, liver; N.L. adj. lyticus -a -um, able to loose, able to dissolve; from Gr. adj. lytikos -ê -on, able to loosen, able to dissolve; N.L. fem. adj. heparinolytica, heparin dissolving

Gender: feminine

Type strain: ATCC 35895; CCUG 27827; DSM 23917; HEP; LMG 10142

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16S rRNA gene: L16487 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.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Bacteroides heparinolyticus Okuda et al. 1985

Risk group: 2

Synonyms:

Name	Kind
Bacteroides heparinolyticus Okuda et al. 1985	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

Notes:
- Prevotella heparinolytica is the correct name if this species is regarded as a separate species (i.e., if its nomenclatural type is not assigned to another species whose name is validly published, legitimate and not rejected and has priority) within a separate genus Prevotella.
- 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.
- Disputed reclassification. The Subcommittee on the taxonomy of Gram-negative anaerobic rods recommends that Prevotella heparinolytica (Okuda et al. 1985) Shah and Collins 1990 be designated Bacteroides heparinolyticus Okuda et al. 1985. Publication: Olsen I, Shah HN. International Committee on Systematics of Prokaryotes Subcommittee on the taxonomy of Gram-negative anaerobic rods. Minutes of the meetings, 9 and 10 July 2000, Manchester, UK. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol. 2001; 51:1943-1944.
- The full TRBA 466 classification is: risk group = 2, note = "ht".

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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