Bacteroides ovatus

Lineage(full)

cellular organisms; Bacteria; Pseudomonadati; FCB group; Bacteroidota/Chlorobiota group; Bacteroidota; Bacteroidia; Bacteroidales; Bacteroidaceae; Bacteroides

Notes:

• 1) This taxonomic name has been effectively published but not validly published under the rules of the International Code of Nomenclature of Prokaryotes (Bacteriological Code).
• 2) This taxonomic name has been effectively published but not validly published under the rules of the International Code of Nomenclature of Prokaryotes (Bacteriological Code).
• 3) This taxonomic name has been effectively published but not validly published under the rules of the International Code of Nomenclature of Prokaryotes (Bacteriological Code).
• 4) emend. (emendavit): Used when the alteration of the diagnostic characters or of the circumscription of a taxon modifies the nature of the taxon.
• 5) emend. (emendavit): Used when the alteration of the diagnostic characters or of the circumscription of a taxon modifies the nature of the taxon.

Comments and References:

Skerman VBD et al. (1980) Skerman, V.B.D., McGowan, V., and Sneath, P.H.A. "Approved Lists of Bacterial Names." Intl. J. Syst. Bacteriol. (1980) 30(1):225-420.

Eggerth AH & Gagnon BH (1933) , doi: 10.1128/jb.25.4.389-413.1933 , Pubmed: abstract Eggerth, A.H., and Gagnon, B.H. "The bacteroides of human feces." J. Bacteriol. (1933) 25(4):389-413.

Hahnke RL et al. (2016) , doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2016.02003 , Pubmed: abstract Hahnke, R.L., Meier-Kolthoff, J.P., García-López, M., Mukherjee, S., Huntemann, M., Ivanova, N.N., Woyke, T., Kyrpides, N.C., Klenk, H.-P., and Göker, M. "Genome-based taxonomic classification of Bacteroidetes." Front. Microbiol. (2016) 7:2003.

List of Changes in Taxonomic Opinion No. 26 (2017) , Pubmed: abstract "Notification of changes in taxonomic opinion previously published outside the IJSEM." Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol. (2017) 67(7):2081-2086.

Zaatout N et al. (2026) , Pubmed: abstract Zaatout, N., Menasria, T., and Benhadj, M. "Comprehensive phylogenomic analyses support the reclassification of multiple Bacteroides species." Curr. Microbiol. ('2025' 2026) 83(2):96.

Shin Y et al. (2017) , Pubmed: abstract Shin, Y., Park, S.-J., Paek, J., Kim, J.-S., Rhee, M.-S., Kim, H., Kook, J.-K., and Chang, Y.-H. "Bacteroides koreensis sp. nov. and Bacteroides kribbi sp. nov., two new members of the genus Bacteroides." Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol. (2017) 67(11):4352-4357.

Shin Y et al. (2017) , Pubmed: abstract Shin, Y., Park, S.-J., Paek, J., Kim, J.-S., Rhee, M.-S., Kim, H., Kook, J.-K., and Chang, Y.-H. "Bacteroides koreensis sp. nov. and Bacteroides kribbi sp. nov., two new members of the genus Bacteroides." Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol. (2017) 67(11):4352-4357.

Cato EP & Johnson JL (1976) Cato, E.P., and Johnson, J.L. "Reinstatement of species rank for Bacteroides fragilis, B. ovatus, B. distasonis, B. thetaiotaomicron, and B. vulgatus: Designation of neotype strains for Bacteroides fragilis (Veillon and Zuber) Castellani and Chalmers and Bacteroides thetaiotaomicron (Distaso) Castellani and Chalmers." Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. (1976) 26(2):230-237. [No PubMed record available.]

List of Changes in Taxonomic Opinion No. 43 (2026) Oren, A., and Göker, M. "Notification of changes in taxonomic opinion previously published outside the IJSEM: List of Changes in Taxonomic Opinion no. 43." Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol. (2026) 76(1):006976. [N.B.: pro synon. notification]

Yang AI et al. (2025) Yang, A.-I., Kim, B., Kang, W., Joe, H.-I., and Shin, N.-R. "Bacteroides celer sp. nov. and Bacteroides mucinivorans sp. nov., isolated from human feces, and the reclassification of Bacteroides koreensis Shin et al. 2017 and Bacteroides kribbi Shin et al. 2017 as later heterotypic synonyms of Bacteroides ovatus Eggerth and Gagnon 1933 (Approved Lists 1980)." J. Microbiol. (2025) 63(6):e2502006.