Name: Victivallis vadensis Zoetendal et al. 2003

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: va.den’sis. N.L. fem. adj. vadensis, of or belonging to Vada, referring to Wageningen (Victivallis vadensis refers to the Wageningen "Food Valley")

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … wa-DEN-sis, feminine

Type strain: ATCC BAA-548; Cello; DSM 14823

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16S rRNA gene: JQ346729 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Zoetendal EG, Plugge CM, Akkermans AD, de Vos WM. Victivallis vadensis gen. nov., sp. nov., a sugar-fermenting anaerobe from human faeces. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2003; 53:211-215. 🇳🇱

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 53, part 1 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2003; 53:629-630.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Victivallis Zoetendal et al. 2003. Publication: Zoetendal EG, Plugge CM, Akkermans AD, de Vos WM. Victivallis vadensis gen. nov., sp. nov., a sugar-fermenting anaerobe from human faeces. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2003; 53:211-215. 🇳🇱
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. 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 6 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.
  • 🧍 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: Victivallis Zoetendal et al. 2003

Assigned by: Zoetendal EG, Plugge CM, Akkermans AD, de Vos WM. Victivallis vadensis gen. nov., sp. nov., a sugar-fermenting anaerobe from human faeces. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2003; 53:211-215. 🇳🇱

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