Correction to: Genome-Based Reclassification of Fusobacterium nucleatum Subspecies at the Species Level

Correction to: Current Microbiology (2017) 74:1137–1147 https://doi.org/10.1007/s00284-017-1296-9

The original version of this article contained errors in the description of novel species. These errors are corrected with this corrigendum.

The corrected version is given below.

Description of Fusobacterium nucleatum Knorr 1922 [20]

Basonym: Fusobacterium nucleatum subsp. nucleatum (Knorr 1922) Dzink et al.1990 [7]

The properties are as given by Dzink et al. [7] and Gharbia and Shah [12]. The type strain is ATCC 25586 ^T (= DSM 15643^T).

Description of Fusobacterium polymorphum sp. nov.

Fusobacterium polymorphum: po.ly.mor'phum. N.L. neut. adj. polymorphum, multiform, polymorphic

Basonym: Fusobacterium nucleatum subsp. polymorphum Dzink et al. [7]

The properties are as given by Dzink et al. [7] and Gharbia and Shah [12]. The type strain is ATCC 10953 ^T (= DSM 20482 ^T).

Description of Fusobacterium vincentii sp. nov.

Fusobacterium vincentii: vin.cen'ti.i. N.L. gen. masc. n. vincentii, of Vincent, referring to H. Vincent who studied the organism originally isolated from Vincent’s angina and necrotizing ulcerative gingivitis.

Basonym: Fusobacterium nucleatum subsp. vincentii Dzink et al. [7]

The properties are as given by Dzink et al. [7]. The type strain is ATCC 49256^T (= DSM 19507^T).

Description of Fusobacterium animalis sp. nov.

Fusobacterium animalis: a.ni'mal.lis. L. neut. n. animal (gen. animalis), an animal; L. gen. n. animalis, of an animal.

Basonym: Fusobacterium nucleatum subsp. animalis Gharbia and Shah, 1992 [13].

The properties are as given by Gharbia and Shah [13]. The type strain is ATCC 51191^T (= DSM 19679^T).