Taxon DOI

10.1601/tx.7934

Name

Bacteroides amylophilus Hamlin and Hungate 1956 (Approved Lists 1980)

Taxonomic Rank

species

Methodology

Nomenclatural Taxonomy [1980-2022]

Incertae sedis taxa are placed using SOSCC (Garrity and Lilburn 2008)

Parent

Taxon Record	Name Record
genus	Bacteroides Castellani and Chalmers 1919 (Approved Lists 1980) emend. Shah and Collins 1989

Type Strain

representative organism

DSM 1361^T (=ATCC 29744)

Type Status

Taxonomy

The taxonomic placement of this species within the root Universal Root.


root Universal Root Woese et al. 1990
domain Bacteria (None 2015) Woese et al. 1990
phylum Bacteroidota corrig. Krieg et al. 2021
class Bacteroidia corrig. Krieg 2012 emend. García-López et al. 2019
order Bacteroidales Krieg 2012 emend. García-López et al. 2019
family Bacteroidaceae Pribram 1933 (Approved Lists 1980) emend. García-López et al. 2019
genus Bacteroides Castellani and Chalmers 1919 (Approved Lists 1980) emend. Shah and Collins 1989
species Bacteroides amylophilus Hamlin and Hungate 1956 (Approved Lists 1980)

The taxonomy from the rank of class and below is based upon currently published taxonomic opinion. For a complete taxonomy, refer to The Taxonomic Outline of Bacteria and Archaea, Release 7.7.

Citation

When referring to this Abstract, please use its Digital Object Identifier.

Taxon Abstract for the species Bacteroides amylophilus Hamlin and Hungate 1956 (Approved Lists 1980). Retrieved April 22, 2024. https://doi.org/10.1601/tx.7934.

Source File

10.1601/tx.7934.xml

References

Hamlin LJ, Hungate RE. Culture and physiology of a starch-digesting bacterium (Bacteroides amylophilus n. sp.) from the bovine rumen. J Bacteriol 1956; 72:548-554. [PubMed].