Bacteroides

Taxonomy ID: 816 (for references in articles please use ncbitaxon:816)

current name

Bacteroides  Castellani and Chalmers 1919 (Approved Lists 1980) emend. Shah and Collins 1989

NCBI BLAST name: CFB group bacteria
Rank: genus
Genetic code: Translation table 11 (Bacterial, Archaeal and Plant Plastid)
Other names:

heterotypic synonym

Capsularis  Prevot 1938 (Approved Lists 1980)

heterotypic synonym

"Ristella"  Prévot 1938 , effective name  ¹⁾

Lineage(full)

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

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).

Comments and References:

Bacteroides (LPSN link)

Capsularis (LPSN link)

Castellani A & Chalmers AJ (1919) Castellani, A., and Chalmers, A.J. Manual of Tropical Medicine, 3rd ed. (1919). Williams Wood and Co., New York. [No PubMed abstract available.]

Prévot AR (1938c) Prévot, A.R. "Etudes de systematique bacterienne." Ann. Inst. Pasteur (Paris) (1938) 60:285-307. [No PubMed record available.]

Shah HN & Collins MD (1989) Shah, H.N., and Collins, M.D. "Proposal to restrict the genus Bacteroides (Castellani and Chalmers) to Bacteroides fragilis and closely related species." Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. (1989) 39:85-87

Skerman VBD et al. (1980) Skerman, V.B.D., McGowan, V., and Sneath, P.H.A. (editors). "Approved lists of bacterial names." Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. (1980) 30(1):225-420. [No PubMed record available.]

Skerman VBD et al. (1980) (Capsularis) Skerman, V.B.D., McGowan, V., and Sneath, P.H.A. (editors). "Approved lists of bacterial names." Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. (1980) 30:225-420. [No PubMed record available.]