Faecalibacterium

J.P. Euzéby: List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature - Genus Faecalibacterium

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Number of species cited in this file: 1
Number of subspecies cited in this file: 0

Classification (Warning: see also the file "Classification of prokaryotes: Introduction").

Faecalibacterium Duncan et al. 2002, gen. nov.
Type species: ¤ Faecalibacterium prausnitzii (Hauduroy et al. 1937) Duncan et al. 2002.
Etymology: N.L. adj. faecalis (from L. n. faex faecis), pertaining to feces; L. neut. n. bacterium, a small rod; N.L. neut. n. Faecalibacterium, rod from feces, as this bacterium is abundant in feces, with the colon its presumed habitat.
Reference: DUNCAN (S.H.), HOLD (G.L.), HARMSEN (H.J.M.), STEWART (C.S.) and FLINT (H.J.): Growth requirements and fermentation products of Fusobacterium prausnitzii, and a proposal to reclassify it as Faecalibacterium prausnitzii gen. nov., comb. nov. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2002, 52, 2141-2146.
Original article in IJSEM Online

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Faecalibacterium prausnitzii (Hauduroy et al. 1937) Duncan et al. 2002, comb. nov. (Type species of the genus).
Type strain (see also StrainInfo.net): strain ATCC 27768 = NCIMB 13872.
GenBank/EMBL/DDBJ accession number for the 16S rRNA gene sequence of the type strain: AJ413954.
Basonym: ¤ Fusobacterium prausnitzii (Hauduroy et al. 1937) Moore and Holdeman 1970 (Approved Lists 1980).
Other synonyms: "Bacillus mucosus anaerobius" Prausnitz 1922, "Bacteroides praussnitzii" (sic) Hauduroy et al. 1937.
Etymology: N.L. gen. n. prausnitzii, of Prausnitz; named for C. Prausnitz, the bacteriologist who first isolated this organism.
Reference: DUNCAN (S.H.), HOLD (G.L.), HARMSEN (H.J.M.), STEWART (C.S.) and FLINT (H.J.): Growth requirements and fermentation products of Fusobacterium prausnitzii, and a proposal to reclassify it as Faecalibacterium prausnitzii gen. nov., comb. nov. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2002, 52, 2141-2146.
Original article in IJSEM Online

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