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Species Prevotella multisaccharivorax
Name: Prevotella multisaccharivorax Sakamoto et al. 2005
Etymology: mul.ti.sac.cha.ri’vo.rax. L. masc. adj. multus, many, much; N.L. neut. n. saccharum, sugar; L. adj. vorax, devouring, ravenous, voracious; N.L. fem. adj. multisaccharivorax, liking to eat many sugars
Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … mul-ti-sak-kha-RI-wo-raks, feminine
Type strain: DSM 17128; JCM 12954; PPPA20
Conduct genome-based taxonomy at
16S rRNA gene:
AB200414
Analyse
FASTA
Valid publication:
Sakamoto M, Umeda M, Ishikawa I, Benno Y. Prevotella multisaccharivorax sp. nov., isolated from human subgingival plaque. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2005; 55:1839-1843. 
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IJSEM list:
Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 55, part 5 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006; 56:7-9.
Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP
Taxonomic status: correct name (and explicitly recommended for medical use)
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Synonyms:
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Name Kind Hallella multisaccharivorax (Sakamoto et al. 2005) Hitch et al. 2023 homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
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Emendations:
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Hahnke et al. 2016
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. 🇩🇪
Oren A, Garrity GM. List of changes in taxonomic opinion no. 26. Notification of changes in taxonomic opinion previously published outside the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:2081-2086.
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Hahnke et al. 2016
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.
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Notes:
- 🧬 The phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is -0.02571 (N = 4).
- 😷 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 12 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 genome of the type strain was sequenced as part of the GEBA (Genomic Encyclopedia of Bacteria and Archaea) project.
Publication:
Pati A, Gronow S, Lu M, Lapidus A, Nolan M, Lucas S, Hammon N, Deshpande S, Cheng JF, Tapia R, et al. Non-contiguous finished genome sequence of the opportunistic oral pathogen Prevotella multisaccharivorax type strain (PPPA20). Stand Genomic Sci 2011; 5:41-49. 🇩🇪
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🧍 The epithet multisaccharivorax is a N.L. adj., not a N.L. part. adj. as cited in the paper by Sakamoto et al. 2005.
Publication:
Euzeby JP. List of Bacterial Names with Standing in Nomenclature: a folder available on the Internet. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1997; 47:590-592. 🇫🇷
Parent taxon: Prevotella Shah and Collins 1990
Assigned by:
Sakamoto M, Umeda M, Ishikawa I, Benno Y. Prevotella multisaccharivorax sp. nov., isolated from human subgingival plaque. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2005; 55:1839-1843. 🇯🇵
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Record number: 779795
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