Name DOI
10.1601/nm.10623
Name
 (Oliver and Wherry 1921) Roy and Kelly 1939 (Approved Lists 1980)
Name Status
Validly Published
Current Authority
(Oliver and Wherry 1921) Roy and Kelly 1939 (Approved Lists 1980)
Preferred Name
Taxonomic Rank
species
Nomenclatural Type
(designated strain)
Refer to the type exemplar.
Taxonomy
Type Strain
representative organism
T (= =)
Proper Form
Bacteroides melaninogenicus (Oliver and Wherry 1921) Roy and Kelly 1939 (Approved Lists 1980)
Nomenclatural History
The species Bacteroides melaninogenicus was originally described by Roy and Kelly 1939. This name appeared on the Approved Lists of Bacterial Names 1980. In 1980, Skerman et al. reduced this species to the rank of subspecies to form (Oliver and Wherry 1921) Roy and Kelly 1939 (Approved Lists 1980) . In 1990, Shah and Collins established as the basonym of (Oliver and Wherry 1921) Shah and Collins 1990 emend. Hahnke et al. 2016 .
Citation
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Name Abstract for Bacteroides melaninogenicus (Oliver and Wherry 1921) Roy and Kelly 1939 (Approved Lists 1980).. https://doi.org/10.1601/nm.10623.
Source File
This information was last reviewed on October 15, 2009.

References

  1. Roy TE, Kelly CD. Genus VIII. Bacteroides Castellani and Chalmers. In: Bergey DH, Breed RS, Murray EGD, Hitchens AP (eds), Bergey's Manual of Determinative Bacteriology, Fifth Edition, The Williams and Wilkins Co., Baltimore, 1939, p. 556-558.
  2. Shah HN, Collins DM. Prevotella, a new genus to include Bacteroides melaninogenicus and related species formerly classified in the genus Bacteroides. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1990; 40:205-208. https://doi.org/10.1099/00207713-40-2-205 [PubMed].
  3. Skerman VBD, McGowan V, Sneath PHA. Approved Lists of Bacterial Names. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1980; 30:225-420. https://doi.org/10.1099/00207713-30-1-225.
  4. Oliver WW, Wherry WB. Notes on some bacterial parasites of the human mucous membranes. J Infect Dis 1921; 28:341-344.