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Name: Fusobacterium perfoetens (Tissier 1905) Moore and Holdeman 1973 (Approved Lists 1980)

Category, proposed as: species, comb. nov.

Basonym: "Coccobacillus perfoetens" Tissier 1905

Etymology: per.foe’tens. L. prep. per, exceedingly, very much, very; L. pres. part. foetens, stinking; N.L. neut. part. adj. perfoetens, very stinking

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: fu-so-bak-TE-ri-um per-FO͡E-tens, neuter

Type strain: ATCC 29250

16S rRNA gene: M58684 Analysetree FASTA download

Effective publication: Moore WEC, Holdeman LV. New names and combinations in the genera Bacteroides Castellani and Chalmers, Fusobacterium Knorr, Eubacterium Prévot, Propionibacterium Delwiche, and Lactobacillus Orla-Jensen. International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology 1973; 23:69-74.

IJSEM list: Skerman VBD, McGowan V, Sneath PHA. Approved lists of bacterial names. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1980; 30:225-420.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name (and explicitly recommended for medical use)

Risk group: 2

  • Notes:
    • 😷 The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No". — The risk group for Swiss Confederation has been imported on 2024-02-01. The full classification is: risk group = 2, note = "PIIC". — The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2026-08-13. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "+". — 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 5 times in PubMed until 2026-06-11.
    • 🙆 This name is on the List of Recommended Names for bacteria of medical importance (LoRN) as the name to be applied to this species. The name is on LoRN because of the recorded risk group of the species itself.

Parent taxon: Fusobacterium Knorr 1922 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Moore WEC, Holdeman LV. New names and combinations in the genera Bacteroides Castellani and Chalmers, Fusobacterium Knorr, Eubacterium Prévot, Propionibacterium Delwiche, and Lactobacillus Orla-Jensen. International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology 1973; 23:69-74.

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Record number: 783884