Species Prevotella lacticifex

Name: Prevotella lacticifex Shinkai et al. 2022

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: lac.ti’ci.fex. N.L. neut. n. acidum lacticum, lactic acid; L. masc. n. suff. -fex, a maker; N.L. masc. n. lacticifex, a maker of lactic acid (nominative in apposition)

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: pre-wo-TEL-la lak-TI-ki-fex, feminine

Type strain: DSM 112675; JCM 34664; R5019

16S rRNA gene: LC639954 Analysetree FASTA download

Valid publication: Shinkai T, Ikeyama N, Kumagai M, Ohmori H, Sakamoto M, Ohkuma M, Mitsumori M. Prevotella lacticifex sp. nov., isolated from the rumen of cows. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2022; 72:5278. 🇯🇵

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 72, part 3 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2022; 72:5393.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

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

Parent taxon: Prevotella Shah and Collins 1990

Assigned by: Shinkai T, Ikeyama N, Kumagai M, Ohmori H, Sakamoto M, Ohkuma M, Mitsumori M. Prevotella lacticifex sp. nov., isolated from the rumen of cows. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2022; 72:5278. 🇯🇵

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Record number: 28029

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