Name: "Segatella maculosa" (Downes et al. 2007) Hitch et al. 2022

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: Prevotella maculosa Downes et al. 2007

Etymology: ma.cu.lo’sa. L. fem. adj. maculosa, speckled, referring to the internal appearance of colonies of the organism growing on agar media

Type strain: CCUG 54766; DSM 19339; JCM 15638; W1609

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: EF534314 Analyse FASTA

Original publication: Hitch TCA, Bisdorf K, Afrizal A, Riedel T, Overmann J, Strowig T, Clavel T. A taxonomic note on the genus Prevotella: Description of four novel genera and emended description of the genera Hallella and Xylanibacter. Syst Appl Microbiol 2022; 45:126354.

Nomenclatural status: not validly published

Correct name: Prevotella maculosa Downes et al. 2007

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Prevotella maculosa Downes et al. 2007	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

Parent taxon: [Segatella]

Assigned by: Hitch TCA, Bisdorf K, Afrizal A, Riedel T, Overmann J, Strowig T, Clavel T. A taxonomic note on the genus Prevotella: Description of four novel genera and emended description of the genera Hallella and Xylanibacter. Syst Appl Microbiol 2022; 45:126354.

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Record number: 30006