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Entrez PubMed Nucleotide Protein Genome Structure PMC Taxonomy BioCollections
   
   Entrez records   
Database name Direct links Subtree links Links from type
BioProject 161 166 -
BioSample 27,614 27,620 -
Conserved Domains 1 1 -
GEO DataSets 24 29 -
Gene 2,909 11,594 -
Identical Protein Groups 339,371 342,655 -
Nucleotide 230,271 230,887 247
PMC 8,106 8,106 -
Protein 306,510 319,678 -
SRA 414 418 -
Structure 7 13 -
Taxonomy 5 5 -

Faecalibacterium prausnitzii

Taxonomy ID: 853 (for references in articles please use ncbitaxon:853)
current name
Faecalibacterium prausnitzii  (Hauduroy et al. 1937) Duncan et al. 2002 in [Duncan SH et al. (2002b)]
includes:
butyrate-producing bacterium A2-165
homotypic synonym:
Fusobacterium prausnitzii  (Hauduroy et al. 1937) Moore and Holdeman 1970 (Approved Lists 1980) in  in  [Skerman VBD et al. (1980)] , [Moore WEC & Holdeman LV (1970b)]
type strain of Fusobacterium prausnitzii: ATCC : 27768 , NCIMB : 13872
basionym:
"Bacteroides praussnitzii"  Hauduroy et al. 1937 , effective name  1) in [Hauduroy P et al. (1937)]
NCBI BLAST name: firmicutes
Rank: species
Genetic code: Translation table 11 (Bacterial, Archaeal and Plant Plastid)
Other names:
heterotypic synonym "Bacillus mucosus anaerobius"  Prausnitz 1922 , effective name  2)
Lineage(full)
cellular organisms; Bacteria; Bacillati; Bacillota; Clostridia; Eubacteriales; Oscillospiraceae; Faecalibacterium

Notes:

Comments and References:

Duncan SH et al. (2002b) , Pubmed: abstract
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) 5296):2141-2146.
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.
Moore WEC & Holdeman LV (1970b)
Hauduroy P et al. (1937)
Collins MD et al. (1994)
Collins, M.D., Lawson, P.A., Willems, A., Cordoba, J.J., Fernandez-Garayzabal, J., Garcia, P., Cai, J., Hippe, H., and Farrow, J.A.E. "The phylogeny of the genus Clostridium: proposal of five new genera and eleven new species combinations." Int. J. Syst.Bacteriol. (1994) 44(4):812-826.
Wang RF et al. (1996)
Wang, R.F., Cao, W.W., and Cerniglia, C.E. "Phylogenetic analysis of Fusobacterium prausnitzii based upon the 16S rRNA gene sequence and PCR confirmation." Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. (1996) 46(1):341-343.
Zellner G et al. (1996)
Zellner, G., Stackebrandt, E., Nagel, D., Messner, P., Weiss, N., and Winter, J. "Anaerofilum pentosovorans gen. nov., sp. nov., and Anaerofilum agile sp. nov., two new, strictly anaerobic, mesophilic, acidogenic bacteria from anaerobic bioreactors." Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. (1996) 46(4):871-875.

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Reference: How to cite this resource - Schoch CL, et al. NCBI Taxonomy: a comprehensive update on curation, resources and tools. Database (Oxford). 2020: baaa062. PubMed: 32761142 PMC: PMC7408187.


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