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Species Prevotella vespertina

Classification: 

Bacteria Pseudomonadati Bacteroidota Bacteroidia Bacteroidales Prevotellaceae Prevotella Prevotella vespertina

Name: Prevotella vespertina Buhl and Marschal 2020

Category, proposed as: species, sp. nov.

Etymology: ves.per.ti’na. L. fem. adj. vespertina, vespertine, in the evening, referring to research on characterizing the strain, regularly done after working hours

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: pre-wo-TEL-la wes-per-TI-na, feminine

Type strain: A2879; CCOS 1233; CCUG 72808; DSM 108027

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16S rRNA gene: MK424350 Analysetree FASTA download

Valid publication: Buhl M, Marschal M. Prevotella vespertina sp. nov., isolated from an abscess of a hospital patient. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:4576-4582. 🇩🇪

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 70, part 8 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:5602-5608.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name (and explicitly recommended for medical use)

Risk group: 1

  • Notes:
    • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2026-08-13. 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 2 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 pathogenicity of the species itself.
    • 🧍 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: Buhl M, Marschal M. Prevotella vespertina sp. nov., isolated from an abscess of a hospital patient. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:4576-4582. 🇩🇪

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Record number: 9404

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