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Species Prevotella maculosa

Classification: 

Bacteria Pseudomonadati Bacteroidota Bacteroidia Bacteroidales Prevotellaceae Prevotella Prevotella maculosa

Name: Prevotella maculosa Downes et al. 2007

Category, proposed as: species, sp. nov.

Etymology: ma.cu.lo’sa. L. fem. adj. maculosa, speckled, referring to the internal appearance of colonies of the organism growing on agar media

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: pre-wo-TEL-la ma-ku-LO-sa, feminine

Type strain: CCUG 54766; DSM 19339; JCM 15638; W1609

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16S rRNA gene: EF534314 Analysetree FASTA download

Valid publication: Downes J, Sutcliffe IC, Booth V, Wade WG. Prevotella maculosa sp. nov., isolated from the human oral cavity. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007; 57:2936-2939. 🇬🇧

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 57, part 12 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008; 58:531-532.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

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

Risk group: 1

  • Notes:
    • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2026-08-13. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "+". — 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 8 times in PubMed until 2026-06-11.
    • 🙆 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 pathogenicity of the species itself.
    • 🧍 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. 🇬🇧
    • 🧍 The genome of the type strain was sequenced as part of the GEBA (Genomic Encyclopedia of Bacteria and Archaea) project. Publication: 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. 🇩🇪

Parent taxon: Prevotella Shah and Collins 1990

Assigned by: Downes J, Sutcliffe IC, Booth V, Wade WG. Prevotella maculosa sp. nov., isolated from the human oral cavity. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007; 57:2936-2939. 🇬🇧

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Record number: 787057

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