Species ***Prevotella* *shahii***

Name: Prevotella shahii Sakamoto et al. 2004

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: sha’hi.i. N.L. gen. masc. n. shahii, of Shah, named after the Trinidadian-born British microbiologist Haroun N. Shah, for his contributions to taxonomy of the genus Bacteroides and related taxa

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: pre-wo-TEL-la S͡HA-hi-i, feminine

Type strain: DSM 15611; EHS11; JCM 12083

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AB108825 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. 🇯🇵

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)

Risk group: 1

Synonyms:

Name	Kind
Hoylesella shahii (Sakamoto et al. 2004) Hitch et al. 2023	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

Notes:
- 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2026-08-13. 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 10 times in PubMed until 2026-06-11.
- 🙆 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.
- 🧍 The genome of the type strain was sequenced as part of the GEBA (Genomic Encyclopedia of Bacteria and Archaea) project. 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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Species Prevotella shahii

Species ***Prevotella* *shahii***