Name: "Bacteroides melaninogenicus subsp. asaccharolyticus" Holdeman and Moore 1970

Category: Subspecies

Proposed as: subsp. nov.

Etymology: a.sac.cha.ro.ly’ti.cus. N.L. masc. adj. asaccharolyticus, not digesting sugar

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: bak-ter-o-I-des me-la-ni-no-GE-ni-kus a-sak-k^ha-ro-LY-ti-kus, masculine

Nomenclatural type: ATCC 25260; CCUG 7834; DSM 20707; JCM 6326; LMG 13178

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AB547653 Analyse FASTA

Original publication: Holdeman LV, Moore WEC. Bacteroides. In: Cato EP, Cummins CS, Holdeman LV, Johnson JL, Moore WEC, Smibert RM, Smith LDS (eds), Outline of Clinical Methods in Anaerobic Bacteriology, 2nd revision, Virginia Polytechnic Institute - Anaerobe Laboratory, Blacksburg/Virginia, 1970, p. 33-44.

Nomenclatural status: not validly published, basonym of name in Approved Lists

Taxonomic status: synonym (and no standing)

Correct name: Porphyromonas asaccharolytica (Holdeman and Moore 1970) Shah and Collins 1988

Risk group: 2

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Bacteroides asaccharolyticus (Holdeman and Moore 1970) Finegold and Barnes 1977 (Approved Lists 1980)	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP, distinct rank
    Porphyromonas asaccharolytica (Holdeman and Moore 1970) Shah and Collins 1988	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP, distinct rank

• 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.

Parent taxon: Bacteroides melaninogenicus (Oliver and Wherry 1921) Roy and Kelly 1939 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Holdeman LV, Moore WEC. Bacteroides. In: Cato EP, Cummins CS, Holdeman LV, Johnson JL, Moore WEC, Smibert RM, Smith LDS (eds), Outline of Clinical Methods in Anaerobic Bacteriology, 2nd revision, Virginia Polytechnic Institute - Anaerobe Laboratory, Blacksburg/Virginia, 1970, p. 33-44.

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Record number: 4695