Publication originale(en) Haroun N. Shah et David M. Collins, « Prevotella, a new genus to include Bacteroides melaninogenicus and related species formerly classified in the genus Bacteroides », Int J Syst Bacteriol, vol. 40, no 2, , p. 205-208 (DOI10.1099/00207713-40-2-205).
(en) Haroun N. Shah, Marie Anne Chattaway, Lakshani Rajakurana et Saheer E. Gharbia, Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, vol. 4. The Bacteroidetes, Spirochaetes, Tenericutes (Mollicutes), Acidobacteria, Fibrobacteres, Fusobacteria, Dictyoglomi, Gemmatimonadetes, Lentisphaerae, Verrucomicrobia, Chlamydiae, and Planctomycetes, New York, Springer, , « 1. Prevotella melaninongenica », p. 88-90