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Species Prevotella micans
Name: Prevotella micans Downes et al. 2009
Etymology: mi’cans. L. fem. adj. micans, sparkling, referring to the sparkling, iridescent appearance of the colonies of the organism growing on agar media
Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … MI-kans, feminine
Type strain: CCUG 56105; DSM 21469; E7.56; JCM 16134
See detailed strain information at
Conduct genome-based taxonomy at
16S rRNA gene:
AB547692
Analyse
FASTA
Valid publication:
Downes J, Liu M, Kononen E, Wade WG. Prevotella micans sp. nov., isolated from the human oral cavity. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009; 59:771-774. 
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IJSEM list:
Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 59, part 4 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009; 59:1557-1558.
Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP
Taxonomic status: correct name (and explicitly recommended for medical use)
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Notes:
- 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. 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 3 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.
- 🙆 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 risk group of the genus.
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🧍 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, Liu M, Kononen E, Wade WG. Prevotella micans sp. nov., isolated from the human oral cavity. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009; 59:771-774. 🇬🇧
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Record number: 787800
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