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Domain Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family Genus Species Rarely used categories

Species Prevotella herbatica

Name: Prevotella herbatica Ueki et al. 2022

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: her.ba’ti.ca. L. fem. adj. herbatica, plant-eating, herbivorous, pertaining to decomposition of polysaccharides from plant biomass

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: pre-wo-TEL-la her-BA-ti-ka, feminine

Type strain: DSM 112534; NBRC 115134; WR 41

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16S rRNA gene: AB298732 Analysetree FASTA download

Valid publication: Ueki A, Tonouchi A, Kaku N, Ueki K. Prevotella herbatica sp. nov., a plant polysaccharide-decomposing anaerobic bacterium isolated from a methanogenic reactor. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2022; 72:5221. 🇯🇵

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 72, part 1 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2022; 72:5292.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name (and explicitly recommended for medical use)

Risk group: 1

Parent taxon: Prevotella Shah and Collins 1990

Assigned by: Ueki A, Tonouchi A, Kaku N, Ueki K. Prevotella herbatica sp. nov., a plant polysaccharide-decomposing anaerobic bacterium isolated from a methanogenic reactor. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2022; 72:5221. 🇯🇵

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Record number: 25781

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