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Bacteroides
Castellani and Chalmers 1919 (Approved Lists 1980)
(prokaryote)
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Entity:
Bacteroidaceae (Family)
..Acetofilamentum (Genus)
..Acetothermus (Genus)
..Avibacteroides (Candidatus)
..Caccomonas (Candidatus)
..Caecibacteroides (Genus)
..Colenecus (Candidatus)
..Colivivens (Candidatus)
..Equicola (Candidatus)
..Equimonas (Candidatus)
..Faecinaster (Candidatus)
..Massilibacteroides (Genus)
..Minthosoma (Candidatus)
..Minthousia (Candidatus)
..Paraphocaeicola (Genus)
..Phocaeicola (Genus)
..Physcousia (Candidatus)
..Bacteroides (Genus)
....Bacteroides acidifaciens (Species)
....Bacteroides barnesiae (Species)
....Bacteroides caccae (Species)
....Bacteroides capillosus (Species)
....Bacteroides cellulosilyticus (Species)
....Bacteroides cellulosolvens (Species)
....Bacteroides chinchillae (Species)
....Bacteroides clarus (Species)
....Bacteroides coagulans (Species)
....Bacteroides coprocola (Species)
....Bacteroides coprophilus (Species)
....Bacteroides coprosuis (Species)
....Bacteroides dorei (Species)
....Bacteroides eggerthii (Species)
....Bacteroides faecichinchillae (Species)
....Bacteroides faecis (Species)
....Bacteroides finegoldii (Species)
....Bacteroides fluxus (Species)
....Bacteroides fragilis (Species)
....Bacteroides galacturonicus (Species)
....Bacteroides gallinarum (Species)
....Bacteroides graminisolvens (Species)
....Bacteroides helcogenes (Species)
....Bacteroides intestinalis (Species)
....Bacteroides luti (Species)
....Bacteroides massiliensis (Species)
....Bacteroides nordii (Species)
....Bacteroides oleiciplenus (Species)
....Bacteroides ovatus (Species)
....Bacteroides paurosaccharolyticus (Species)
....Bacteroides pectinophilus (Species)
....Bacteroides plebeius (Species)
....Bacteroides polypragmatus (Species)
....Bacteroides propionicifaciens (Species)
....Bacteroides pyogenes (Species)
....Bacteroides reticulotermitis (Species)
....Bacteroides rodentium (Species)
....Bacteroides salanitronis (Species)
....Bacteroides salyersiae (Species)
....Bacteroides sartorii (Species)
....Bacteroides stercorirosoris (Species)
....Bacteroides stercoris (Species)
....Bacteroides suis (Species)
....Bacteroides thetaiotaomicron (Species)
....Bacteroides toyonensis (Species)
....Bacteroides uniformis (Species)
....Bacteroides vulgatus (Species)
....Bacteroides xylanisolvens (Species)
....Bacteroides xylanolyticus (Species)
Authorship
SN2000 author citation
:
Castellani & Chalmers, 1919/1980, nom. approb.
Attributes
Approved name (Approved Lists: nom. approb.) [ICNP, 2019: Rules 24a, 33b]
Ref:
Approved Lists, 1980.
Types
Type of
:
Bacteroidaceae
(Family)
Pribram 1933 (Approved Lists 1980)
Ref:
LPSN, 2020-present
: [8 Apr 2026].
Type
:
Bacteroides fragilis
(Veillon and Zuber 1898) Castellani and Chalmers 1919 (Approved Lists 1980)
Variants
Different spelling
:
Bacteriodes
(Genus)
orth. inval.
Synonyms
Including
:
Capsularis
(Genus)
Prévot 1938 (Approved Lists 1980)
Ref:
G.M. Garrity et al., 2007
: 562.
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