Name: Fusobacterium Knorr 1922 (Approved Lists 1980)

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Fu.so.bac.te.ri.um. L. masc. n. fusus, a spindle; N.L. neut. n. bacterium, a small rod; N.L. neut. n. Fusobacterium, a small spindle-shaped rod

Gender: neuter (stem: Fusobacteri-)

Type species: Fusobacterium nucleatum Knorr 1922 (Approved Lists 1980)

Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Knorr M. Über die fusospirillare Symbiose, die Gattung Fusobacterium (K.B. Lehmann) und Spirillum sputigenum. Zugleich ein Beitrag zur Bakteriologie der Mundhöhle. II. Mitteilung. Die Gattung Fusobacterium. Zentralblatt für Bakteriologie, Parasitenkunde, Infektionskrankheiten und Hygiene, Abteilung I 1922; 89:4-22.

IJSEM list: Skerman VBD, McGowan V, Sneath PHA. Approved lists of bacterial names. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1980; 30:225-420.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 2

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    "Zandiella" Fatahi-Bafghi 2024	heterotypic synonym, not validly published

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the class Fusobacteriia Staley and Whitman 2012. Publication: Staley JT, Whitman WB. Class I. Fusobacteriia class. nov. In: Krieg NR, Staley JT, Brown DR, Hedlund BP, Paster BJ, Ward NL, Ludwig W, Whitman WB (eds), Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, 2nd edn, vol. 4, Springer, New York, 2010, p. 747.
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the family Fusobacteriaceae Staley and Whitman 2012. Publication: Staley JT, Whitman WB. Family I. Fusobacteriaceae fam. nov. In: Krieg NR, Staley JT, Brown DR, Hedlund BP, Paster BJ, Ward NL, Ludwig W, Whitman WB (eds), Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, 2nd edn, vol. 4, Springer, New York, 2010, p. 748.
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the kingdom Fusobacteriati Battistuzzi and Hedges 2024. Publication: Goker M, Oren A. Valid publication of names of two domains and seven kingdoms of prokaryotes. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2024; 74:6242.
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the order Fusobacteriales Staley and Whitman 2012. Publication: Staley JT, Whitman WB. Order I. Fusobacteriales ord. nov. In: Krieg NR, Staley JT, Brown DR, Hedlund BP, Paster BJ, Ward NL, Ludwig W, Whitman WB (eds), Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, 2nd edn, vol. 4, Springer, New York, 2010, p. 747.
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the phylum Fusobacteriota Garrity and Holt 2021. Publication: Oren A, Garrity GM. Valid publication of the names of forty-two phyla of prokaryotes. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2021; 71:5056.
  • 🧕 Breed et al. (1948) assigned this genus to the tribe Bacteroideae Castellani and Chalmers 1919 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: Burkholder WH. Genus I. Pseudomonas Migula. Bacterial plant pathogens. In: Breed RS, Murray EGD, Hitchens AP (eds), Bergey's Manual of Determinative Bacteriology, 6th ed., The Williams & Wilkins Co, Baltimore, 1948, p. 82-150.
  • 🧕 Breed et al. (1957) assigned this genus to the family Bacteroidaceae Pribram 1933 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: Parker CD. Genus V. Thiobacillus Beijerinck 1904. In: Breed RS, Murray EGD, Smith NR (eds), Bergey's Manual of Determinative Bacteriology, 7th edition, The Williams & Wilkins Co, Baltimore, 1957, p. 83-88.
  • 🧕 Cavalier-Smith (1998) assigned this genus to the subphylum "Fusobacteria" Cavalier-Smith 1998. Publication: Cavalier-Smith T. A revised six-kingdom system of life. Biol Rev Camb Philos Soc 1998; 73:203-266.
  • 🧕 Goeker and Oren (2024) assigned this genus to the kingdom Fusobacteriati Battistuzzi and Hedges 2024. Publication: Goker M, Oren A. Valid publication of names of two domains and seven kingdoms of prokaryotes. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2024; 74:6242.
  • 🧕 Krieg et al. (2010) assigned this genus to the class Fusobacteriia Staley and Whitman 2012. Publication: Staley JT, Whitman WB. Class I. Fusobacteriia class. nov. In: Krieg NR, Staley JT, Brown DR, Hedlund BP, Paster BJ, Ward NL, Ludwig W, Whitman WB (eds), Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, 2nd edn, vol. 4, Springer, New York, 2010, p. 747.
  • 🧕 Krieg et al. (2010) assigned this genus to the order Fusobacteriales Staley and Whitman 2012. Publication: Staley JT, Whitman WB. Order I. Fusobacteriales ord. nov. In: Krieg NR, Staley JT, Brown DR, Hedlund BP, Paster BJ, Ward NL, Ludwig W, Whitman WB (eds), Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, 2nd edn, vol. 4, Springer, New York, 2010, p. 747.
  • 🧕 Oren and Garrity (2021) assigned this genus to the phylum Fusobacteriota Garrity and Holt 2021. Publication: Oren A, Garrity GM. Valid publication of the names of forty-two phyla of prokaryotes. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2021; 71:5056.
  • 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Firsobacterium"; "Fusabacterium"; "Fusibacterium"; "Fusobaccerium"; "Fusobacerium"; "Fusobaclerium"; "Fusobacmium"; "Fusobacmrium"; "Fusobacrerium"; "Fusobactcrium"; "Fusobactenum"; "Fusobactenurn"; "Fusobacterilum"; "Fusobacteririm"; "Fusobacteriurn"; "Fusobacwrium"; "Fusobaczcrium"; "Fusobaczerium"; "Fusobakterium"; "Fusobocterium"; "Fusohacterium"; "Fusohactrrium"; "Fusohmcterium"; "Fusolmcterium"; "Fuspbacczrium"; "Fusubacterium". — 🤨 This taxon name is occasionally used in plural form as: "Fusobacteriae".
  • 🧔 This taxon was discussed in a meeting of a Taxonomic Subcommittee of the ICSP. Publication: Olsen I, Shah HN. International Committee on Systematics of Prokaryotes; Subcommittee on the taxonomy of Gram-negative anaerobic rods. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008; 58:1051-1055.
  • 🧔 This taxon was discussed in a meeting of a Taxonomic Subcommittee of the ICSP. Publication: Olsen I, Shah HN. International Committee on Systematics of Prokaryotes Subcommittee on the taxonomy of Gram-negative anaerobic rods. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2001; 51:1943-1944.
  • 🧔 This taxon was discussed in a meeting of a Taxonomic Subcommittee of the ICSP. Publication: Olsen I, Shah HN. International Committee on Systematics of Prokaryotes Subcommittee on the taxonomy of Gram-negative anaerobic rods. Minutes of the meeting, 29 July 2002, Paris, France. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol. 2003; 53:923-924.
  • 🧔 This taxon was discussed in a meeting of a Taxonomic Subcommittee of the ICSP. Publication: Olsen I, Shah HN. International Committee on Systematics of Prokaryotes Subcommittee on the taxonomy of Gram-negative anaerobic rods. Minutes of the meetings, 9 and 10 July 2000, Manchester, UK. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol. 2001; 51:1943-1944.
  • 🧔 This taxon was discussed in a meeting of a Taxonomic Subcommittee of the ICSP. Publication: Goldberg HS. International Committee on Systematic Bacteriology Subcommittee on the Taxonomy of Gram-Negative Anaerobic Rods: Minutes of the Meeting, 5 and 6 September 1986, Manchester, England. International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology 1988; 38:225-225.
  • 🧔 This taxon was discussed in a meeting of a Taxonomic Subcommittee of the ICSP. Publication: Goldberg HS. International Committee on Systematic Bacteriology Subcommittee on the Taxonomy of Gram-Negative Anaerobic Rods: Minutes of the Meeting, 5 and 6 September 1986, Manchester, England. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol. 1988; 38:225-225.
  • 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: ATCC: 25; CCUG: 22; DSM: 22; JCM: 11; NCTC: 9; CIP: 4; KCTC: 3; CGMCC: 1; NCIMB: 1.
  • 😷 The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 2, note = "Animal classification RG: 2 - Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No - Containment level: Containment Level 2". — The risk group for United Kingdom has been imported on 2024-01-31. The full classification is: risk group = 2. — If in doubt, use the risk group given in the regulations for your country and, if these are not available, use the risk group given in the catalogue of the culture collection from which you have obtained or intend to obtain the strain.
  • 🧍 Pittman et al. (1991) suggested the abbreviation "FSBT" for this genus name but this does not appear to be of practical relevance any longer. Publication: Pittman KF, Walczak CA, Lock CM. Codes and abbreviations for approved of effectively published names of genera of bacteria published from January 1980 to December 1990. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1991; 41:571-579.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 18
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 26
Total number of child taxa: 35

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Fusobacterium alocis Cato et al. 1985	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Fusobacterium animalis (Gharbia and Shah 1992) Kook et al. 2022	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Fusobacterium aquatile" (Prévot 1938) Moore and Holdeman 1973	not validly published	preferred name (not correct name)
    Fusobacterium canifelinum corrig. Conrads et al. 2004	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Fusobacterium canium Conrads et al. 2004	inaccurate spelling	misspelling
    Fusobacterium equinum Dorsch et al. 2001	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Fusobacterium gastrosuis De Witte et al. 2017	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Fusobacterium gonidiaformans (Tunnicliff and Jackson 1925) Moore and Holdeman 1970 (Approved Lists 1980)	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Fusobacterium hominis Liu et al. 2022	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Fusobacterium hwasookii" Cho et al. 2015	not validly published	preferred name (not correct name)
    "Fusobacterium massiliense" Mailhe et al. 2017	not validly published	preferred name (not correct name)
    Fusobacterium mortiferum (Harris 1901) Moore and Holdeman 1970 (Approved Lists 1980)	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Fusobacterium naviforme (Jungano 1909) Moore and Holdeman 1970 (Approved Lists 1980)	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Fusobacterium necrogenes (Weinberg et al. 1937) Moore and Holdeman 1970 (Approved Lists 1980)	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Fusobacterium necrophorum (Flügge 1886) Moore and Holdeman 1969 (Approved Lists 1980)	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Fusobacterium nucleatum Knorr 1922 (Approved Lists 1980)	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Fusobacterium perfoetens (Tissier 1905) Moore and Holdeman 1973 (Approved Lists 1980)	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Fusobacterium periodonticum Slots et al. 1984	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Fusobacterium plauti Séguin 1928 (Approved Lists 1980)	inaccurate spelling	misspelling
    Fusobacterium plautii corrig. Séguin 1928 (Approved Lists 1980)	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    "Fusobacterium polymorphum" Knorr 1922	not validly published	synonym (and no standing)
    Fusobacterium polymorphum (Dzink et al. 1990 ex Knorr 1922) Kook et al. 2022	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Fusobacterium polysaccharolyticum van Gylswyk 1981	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Fusobacterium prausnitzii (Hauduroy et al. 1937) Moore and Holdeman 1970 (Approved Lists 1980)	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Fusobacterium pseudonecrophorum (ex Prévot 1940) Shinjo et al. 1990	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    "Fusobacterium pseudoperiodonticum" Park et al. 2019	not validly published	preferred name (not correct name)
    "Candidatus Fusobacterium pullicola" Gilroy et al. 2021	not validly published	preferred name (not correct name)
    Fusobacterium russii (Hauduroy et al. 1937) Moore and Holdeman 1970 (Approved Lists 1980)	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Fusobacterium simiae Slots and Potts 1982	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Fusobacterium sulci Cato et al. 1985	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    "Fusobacterium symbiosum" Foglesong and Markovetz 1974	not validly published	preferred name (not correct name)
    Fusobacterium ulcerans Adriaans and Shah 1988	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Fusobacterium varium (Eggerth and Gagnon 1933) Moore and Holdeman 1969 (Approved Lists 1980)	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Fusobacterium vincentii (Dzink et al. 1990 ex Knorr 1922) Kook et al. 2022	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Fusobacterium watanabei Tomida et al. 2021	validly published under the ICNP	correct name

Parent taxon: Fusobacteriaceae Staley and Whitman 2012

Assigned by: Staley JT, Whitman WB. Family I. Fusobacteriaceae fam. nov. In: Krieg NR, Staley JT, Brown DR, Hedlund BP, Paster BJ, Ward NL, Ludwig W, Whitman WB (eds), Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, 2nd edn, vol. 4, Springer, New York, 2010, p. 748.

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