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Species Prevotella salivae
Name: Prevotella salivae Sakamoto et al. 2004
Etymology: sa.li’vae. L. fem. n. saliva, saliva; L. gen. fem. n. salivae, of/from saliva from which the micro-organism was isolated
Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … sa-LI-wa͡e, feminine
Type strain: DSM 15606; EPSA11; JCM 12084
See detailed strain information at
Conduct genome-based taxonomy at
16S rRNA gene:
AB108826
Analyse
FASTA
Valid publication:
Sakamoto M, Suzuki M, Huang Y, Umeda M, Ishikawa I, Benno Y. Prevotella shahii sp. nov. and Prevotella salivae sp. nov., isolated from the human oral cavity. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004; 54:877-883. 
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IJSEM list:
Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 54, part 3 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004; 54:1427-1428.
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 Segatella salivae (Sakamoto et al. 2004) 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, 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 28 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 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, Suzuki M, Huang Y, Umeda M, Ishikawa I, Benno Y. Prevotella shahii sp. nov. and Prevotella salivae sp. nov., isolated from the human oral cavity. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004; 54:877-883. 🇯🇵
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Record number: 779798
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