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".
  • 🧍 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