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Species Prevotella timonensis
Name: Prevotella timonensis Glazunova et al. 2007
Etymology: ti.mo.nen’sis. N.L. fem. adj. timonensis, from the name Hôpital de la Timone, the hospital in Marseille, France, from where the type strain was isolated
Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … ti-mo-NEN-sis, feminine
Type strain: 4401737; CCUG 50105; CIP 108522; DSM 22865; JCM 15640; NCTC 14059
See detailed strain information at
Conduct genome-based taxonomy at
16S rRNA gene:
AB547706
Analyse
FASTA
Valid publication:
Glazunova OO, Launay T, Raoult D, Roux V. Prevotella timonensis sp. nov., isolated from a human breast abscess. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007; 57:883-886. 
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IJSEM list:
Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 57, part 4 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007; 57:1374-1375.
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 timonensis (Glazunova et al. 2007) Hitch et al. 2023 homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
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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.
Notes:- 🧍 The genome of the type strain was sequenced as part of the GEBA (Genomic Encyclopedia of Bacteria and Archaea) project.
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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 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 35 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 pathogenicity of the species itself.
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🧍 According to Bartlett et al. (2022), this species is a putative human pathogen.
Publication:
Bartlett A, Padfield D, Lear L, Bendall R, Vos M. A comprehensive list of bacterial pathogens infecting humans. Microbiology (Reading) 2022; 168:0. 🇬🇧
Parent taxon: Prevotella Shah and Collins 1990
Assigned by:
Glazunova OO, Launay T, Raoult D, Roux V. Prevotella timonensis sp. nov., isolated from a human breast abscess. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007; 57:883-886. 🇫🇷
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Record number: 786158
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