Species Prevotella scopos
Name: Prevotella scopos Downes and Wade 2011
Etymology: Gr. masc./fem. n. skopos, a mark, aim at which one shoots, referring to the ‘bullseye’appearance of older colonies of the type strain (nominative in apposition)
Type strain: CCUG 57945; DSM 22613; W2052
See detailed strain information at
Conduct genome-based taxonomy at
16S rRNA gene:
FJ545434
Analyse
FASTA 
Valid publication:
Downes J, Wade WG. Prevotella fusca sp. nov. and Prevotella scopos sp. nov., isolated from the human oral cavity. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2011; 61:854-858. 
IJSEM list:
Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 61, part 4 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2011; 61:1502-1503.
Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP
Taxonomic status: correct name
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Notes:
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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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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.
- The full TRBA 466 classification is: risk group = 1, note = "+".
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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.
Parent taxon: Prevotella Shah and Collins 1990
Assigned by:
Downes J, Wade WG. Prevotella fusca sp. nov. and Prevotella scopos sp. nov., isolated from the human oral cavity. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2011; 61:854-858.
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