
Name DOI	10.1601/nm.7950
Name	Bacteroides forsythus Tanner et al. 1986
Name Status	Validly Published
Current Authority	Tanner et al. 1986
Preferred Name	Tannerella forsythia
Taxonomic Rank	species
Nomenclatural Type (designated strain)	Refer to the type exemplar.

Taxonomy	10.1601/tx.7950
Type Strain representative organism	FDC 338^T (=JCM 10827 =ATCC 43037)


Proper Form	Bacteroides forsythus Tanner et al. 1986
Nomenclatural History	The species Bacteroides forsythus was originally described and validly published by Tanner et al. 1986. In 2002, Sakamoto et al. established Bacteroides forsythus as the basonym of Tannerella forsythia corrig. (Tanner et al. 1986) Sakamoto et al. 2002 .

Citation	When referring specifically to this Abstract, please use its Digital Object Identifier. Name Abstract for Bacteroides forsythus Tanner et al. 1986.April 22, 2024. https://doi.org/10.1601/nm.7950.
Source File	10.1601/nm.7950.xml


This information was last reviewed on February 24, 2009.

References

Tanner ACR, Listgarten MA, Ebersole JL, Strzempko MN. Bacteroides forsythus sp. nov., a slow-growing, fusiform Bacteroides sp. from the human oral cavity. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1986; 36:213-221. https://doi.org/10.1099/00207713-36-2-213.
Sakamoto M, Suzuki M, Umeda M, Ishikawa I, Benno Y. Reclassification of Bacteroides forsythus (Tanner et al. 1986) as Tannerella forsythensis corrig., gen. nov., comb. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2002; 52:841-849. https://doi.org/10.1099/ijs.0.01945-0 [PubMed].