Species Prevotella merdae

Name: Prevotella merdae Maaloum et al. 2023

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: mer’dae. L. gen. fem. n. merdae, of faeces, referring to the source of the type strain

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: pre-wo-TEL-la MER-da͡e, feminine

Type strain: CECT 9566; CSUR P4119; Marseille P4119

16S rRNA gene: LT984637 Analysetree FASTA download

Effective publication: Maaloum M, Afouda P, Lo CI, Dubourg G, Nguyen TT, Levasseur A, Saile R, Raoult D, Fournier PE. Prevotella merdae sp. nov., a new bacterial species isolated from human faeces. FEMS Microbiol Lett 2022; 369:0. 🇫🇷

IJSEM list: Oren A, Göker M. Validation list no. 210. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2023; 73:5812.

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: Maaloum M, Afouda P, Lo CI, Dubourg G, Nguyen TT, Levasseur A, Saile R, Raoult D, Fournier PE. Prevotella merdae sp. nov., a new bacterial species isolated from human faeces. FEMS Microbiol Lett 2022; 369:0. 🇫🇷

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Record number: 37251

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