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Species Prevotella multiformis
Name: Prevotella multiformis Sakamoto et al. 2005
Etymology: mul.ti.for’mis. L. fem. adj. multiformis, many-shaped, multiform
Pronunciation, gender: mul-ti-FOR-mis, feminine
Type strain: DSM 16608; JCM 12541; PPPA21
See detailed strain information at
Conduct genome-based taxonomy at
16S rRNA gene:
AB182483
Analyse
FASTA
Valid publication:
Sakamoto M, Huang Y, Umeda M, Ishikawa I, Benno Y. Prevotella multiformis sp. nov., isolated from human subgingival plaque. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2005; 55:815-819. 
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IJSEM list:
Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 55, part 2 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2005; 55:1399-1402.
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 = 2. — 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 4 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 species itself.
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🧍 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. 🇬🇧
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🧍 The phylogenetic position of this species was determined in a genome-scale analysis by García-López et al. (2019).
Publication:
Garcia-Lopez M, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Tindall BJ, Gronow S, Woyke T, Kyrpides NC, Hahnke RL, Goker M. Analysis of 1,000 Type-Strain Genomes Improves Taxonomic Classification of Bacteroidetes. Front Microbiol 2019; 10:2083. 🇩🇪
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🧍 The phylogenetic position of this species was determined in a genome-scale analysis by Hahnke et al. (2016).
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:
Sakamoto M, Huang Y, Umeda M, Ishikawa I, Benno Y. Prevotella multiformis sp. nov., isolated from human subgingival plaque. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2005; 55:815-819. 🇯🇵
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Record number: 779794
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