Name: "Bacteroides fragilis subsp. distasonis" Falkler and Burger 1981

Category: Subspecies

Proposed as: subsp. nov.

Etymology: dis.ta.so’nis. N.L. gen. masc. n. distasonis, referring to Distaso

Gender: masculine

Original publication: Falkler WAJ, Burger BW. Microbial surface interactions: reduction of the haemagglutination activity of the oral bacterium Fusobacterium nucleatum by absorption with Streptococcus and Bacteroides. Arch Oral Biol 1981; 26:1015-1025.

Nomenclatural status: not validly published

Taxonomic status: preferred name (not correct name)

Risk group: 2

• Notes:
  • 😷 The risk group for Belgium has been imported on 2024-02-05. The full classification is: risk group = 2, note = "human pathogen". — 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.
  • 🧍 While the authors did not explicitly propose this taxon name, they did not provide a proper citation of the authority of the name either.

Parent taxon: Bacteroides fragilis (Veillon and Zuber 1898) Castellani and Chalmers 1919 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Falkler WAJ, Burger BW. Microbial surface interactions: reduction of the haemagglutination activity of the oral bacterium Fusobacterium nucleatum by absorption with Streptococcus and Bacteroides. Arch Oral Biol 1981; 26:1015-1025.

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Record number: 4624