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Species Prevotella pallens
Name: Prevotella pallens Könönen et al. 1998
Etymology: pal’lens. L. fem. part. adj. pallens, being or looking or growing pale, referring to the weak pigmentation of colonies on blood agar plates
Type strain: 10371; AHN 10371; ATCC 700821; CCUG 39484; CIP 105551; DSM 18710; JCM 11140; NCTC 13042
See detailed strain information at
Conduct genome-based taxonomy at
16S rRNA gene:
AB547703
Analyse
FASTA
Valid publication:
Kononen E, Eerola E, Frandsen EV, Jalava J, Matto J, Salmenlinna S, Jousimies-Somer H. Phylogenetic characterization and proposal of a new pigmented species to the genus Prevotella: Prevotella pallens sp. nov. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1998; 48:47-51. 
IJSEM list:
Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 48, part 1 of the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1998; 48:629.
Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP
Taxonomic status: correct name
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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 risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No". — 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 32 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.
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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:
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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🧍 Prevotella pallens Könönen et al. 1998 was previously known as Prevotella intermedia / Prevotella nigrescens-like organism (PINLO).
Publication:
Shah HN, Collins DM. Prevotella, a new genus to include Bacteroides melaninogenicus and related species formerly classified in the genus Bacteroides. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1990; 40:205-208.
Parent taxon: Prevotella Shah and Collins 1990
Assigned by:
Kononen E, Eerola E, Frandsen EV, Jalava J, Matto J, Salmenlinna S, Jousimies-Somer H. Phylogenetic characterization and proposal of a new pigmented species to the genus Prevotella: Prevotella pallens sp. nov. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1998; 48:47-51.
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Record number: 784681
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