Name: Parabacteroides gordonii Sakamoto et al. 2009

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: gor.don’i.i. N.L. gen. masc. n. gordonii, of Gordon, named after the American biologist Jeffrey I. Gordon, in recognition of his many contributions to intestinal microbiology

Gender: masculine

Type strain: CCUG 57478; DSM 23371; JCM 15724; MS-1

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AB470343 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Sakamoto M, Suzuki N, Matsunaga N, Koshihara K, Seki M, Komiya H, Benno Y. Parabacteroides gordonii sp. nov., isolated from human blood cultures. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009; 59:2843-2847.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 59, part 11 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2010; 60:269-270.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 2

• Notes:
  • 😷 The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "Animal classification RG: 1 - Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No - Containment level: Containment Level 1". — The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 2.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 12 times in PubMed until 2024-03-28.
  • 🧍 According to Bartlett et al. (2022), this species is an established human pathogen. Publication: Bartlett A, Padfield D, Lear L, Bendall R, Vos M. A comprehensive list of bacterial pathogens infecting humans. Microbiology 2022; 168:0.
  • 🧍 The genome of the type strain was sequenced as part of the GEBA (Genomic Encyclopedia of Bacteria and Archaea) project. Publication: Hahnke RL, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Garcia-Lopez M, Mukherjee S, Huntemann M, Ivanova NN, Woyke T, Kyrpides NC, Klenk HP, Goker M. Genome-Based Taxonomic Classification of Bacteroidetes. Front Microbiol 2016; 7:2003.

Parent taxon: Parabacteroides Sakamoto and Benno 2006

Assigned by: Sakamoto M, Suzuki N, Matsunaga N, Koshihara K, Seki M, Komiya H, Benno Y. Parabacteroides gordonii sp. nov., isolated from human blood cultures. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009; 59:2843-2847.

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