Table 2. Differential characteristics of Alloprevotella gen. nov. and selected related genera of the order Bacteroidales.

Genera: 1, Alloprevotella gen. nov.; 2, Prevotella (data from Shah et al., 2010); 3, Paraprevotella (Morotomi et al., 2009); 4, Bacteroides (Sakamoto et al., 2010); 5, Porphyromonas (Sakamoto et al., 2010); 6, Tannerella (Sakamoto et al., 2010).

Character	1	2	3	4	5	6
Habitat	Human oral cavity	GI tract, rumen and vagina of mammals; environment	GI tract of mammals	GI tract of mammals	GI tract, rumen and vagina of mammals	Oral cavity of mammals
Metabolic end products from glucose*	A, S	A, S	A, S	A, S	A, B, IV, P, PA, S	A, B, IV, P, PA
DNA G+C content (mol%)	45–47	40–52	48–49	40–49	43–46	44–48
Principal cell-wall FAME(s)†	ai-C15 : 0	ai-C15 : 0	i-C15 : 0, ai-C15 : 0, C18 : 1ω9c	ai-C15 : 0	i-C15 : 0	ai-C15 : 0

^*A, Acetate; B, butyrate; IV, isovalerate; P, propionate; PA, phenylacetate; S, succinate.

^†ai, anteiso-branched; i, iso-branched.