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Species Prevotella saccharolytica
Name: Prevotella saccharolytica Downes et al. 2010
Etymology: sac.cha.ro.ly’ti.ca. Gr. neut. n. sakchar, sugar; N.L. fem. adj. lytica, able to loose, able to dissolve; from Gr. fem. adj. lytikê, able to loosen; N.L. fem. adj. saccharolytica, saccharolytic, breaking down multiple sugars
Type strain: CCUG 57944; D033B-12-2; DSM 22473
See detailed strain information at
Conduct genome-based taxonomy at
16S rRNA gene:
AB616135
Analyse
FASTA
Valid publication:
Downes J, Tanner AC, Dewhirst FE, Wade WG. Prevotella saccharolytica sp. nov., isolated from the human oral cavity. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2010; 60:2458-2461. 
IJSEM list:
Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 60, part 10 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2011; 61:4-5.
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 Hoylesella saccharolytica (Downes et al. 2010) Hitch et al. 2023 homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
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Notes:
- 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1. — 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 1 time 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 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.
Parent taxon: Prevotella Shah and Collins 1990
Assigned by:
Downes J, Tanner AC, Dewhirst FE, Wade WG. Prevotella saccharolytica sp. nov., isolated from the human oral cavity. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2010; 60:2458-2461.
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Record number: 788845
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