
Name DOI	10.1601/nm.8349
Name	Fusobacterium nucleatum animalis Gharbia and Shah 1992
Name Status	Validly Published
Current Authority	Gharbia and Shah 1992
Preferred Name	Fusobacterium animalis
Taxonomic Rank	subspecies
Nomenclatural Type (designated strain)	Refer to the type exemplar.

Taxonomy	10.1601/tx.8349
Type Strain representative organism	CIP 104879^T (=CCUG 32879 =DSM 19679 =NCTC 12276 =ATCC 51191 =JCM 11025)


Proper Form	Fusobacterium nucleatum animalis Gharbia and Shah 1992
Nomenclatural History	The subspecies Fusobacterium nucleatum animalis was originally described and validly published by Gharbia and Shah 1992. Kook et al. elevated this subspecies to the rank of species to form the name Fusobacterium animalis (Gharbia and Shah 1992) Kook et al. 2022 in 2022.

Citation	When referring specifically to this Abstract, please use its Digital Object Identifier. Name Abstract for Fusobacterium nucleatum animalis Gharbia and Shah 1992.April 22, 2024. https://doi.org/10.1601/nm.8349.
Source File	10.1601/nm.8349.xml


This information was last reviewed on December 21, 2021.

References

Kook J-K, Park S-N, Lim YK, Cho E, Jo E, Roh H, Shin Y, Paek J, Kim H-S, Kim H, Shin JH, Chang Y-H. Correction to: Genome-Based Reclassification of Fusobacterium nucleatum Subspecies at the Species Level. Curr Microbiol 2022; 79:2-2. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00284-021-02680-w [PubMed].
Gharbia SE, Shah HN. Fusobacterium nucleatum subsp. fusiforme subsp. nov. and Fusobacterium nucleatum subsp. animalis subsp. nov. as additional subspecies whithin Fusobacterium nucleatum. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1992; 42:296-298. https://doi.org/10.1099/00207713-42-2-296 [PubMed].