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Genus Granulicatella
Warning: In the List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature, an arrow (→) only indicates the sequence of valid publication of names and does not mean that the last name in the sequence must be used (see: Introduction).
Number of species, including synonyms, cited in this file: 3
Number of subspecies, including synonyms, cited in this file: 0
Classification (Warning: see also the file "Classification of prokaryotes: Introduction").
For a detailed description of this taxon see Bergey’s Manual of Systematics of Archaea and Bacteria (BMSAB).
Granulicatella Collins and Lawson 2000, gen. nov.
Type species: ¤ Granulicatella adiacens (Bouvet et al. 1989) Collins and Lawson 2000.
Etymology: L. dim. n. granulum, small grain; L. fem. dim. n. catella, small chain; N.L. fem. dim. n. Granulicatella, small chain of small grains.
Valid publication: COLLINS (M.D.) and LAWSON (P.A.): The genus Abiotrophia (Kawamura et al.) is not monophyletic: proposal of Granulicatella gen. nov., Granulicatella adiacens comb. nov., Granulicatella elegans comb. nov. and Granulicatella balaenopterae comb. nov. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2000, 50, 365-369.
Original article in IJSEM Online
Granulicatella adiacens (Bouvet et al. 1989) Collins and Lawson 2000, comb. nov. (Type species of the genus.)
Type strain: (see also StrainInfo.net) GaD = ATCC 49175= CCUG 27637 A = CCUG 27809 = CIP 103243 = DSM 9848 = LMG 14496 = NCTC 13000.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: D50540.
Basonym: ¤ Streptococcus adjacens Bouvet et al. 1989.
Other synonym: ¤ Abiotrophia adiacens (Bouvet et al. 1989) Kawamura et al. 1995.
Etymology: L. fem. adj. adiacens, adjacent, indicating that this organism can grow as satellite colonies adjacent to other bacterial growth.
Valid publication: COLLINS (M.D.) and LAWSON (P.A.): The genus Abiotrophia (Kawamura et al.) is not monophyletic: proposal of Granulicatella gen. nov., Granulicatella adiacens comb. nov., Granulicatella elegans comb. nov. and Granulicatella balaenopterae comb. nov. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2000, 50, 365-369.
Original article in IJSEM Online
Note: The spelling of the specific epithet is adiacens in the nomenclatural names Granulicatella adiacens and Abiotophia adiacens, and adjacens in the nomenclatural name Streptococcus adjacens. For more information, see ¤ Abiotrophia adiacens.
Granulicatella balaenopterae (Lawson et al. 1999) Collins and Lawson 2000, comb. nov.
Type strain: (see also StrainInfo.net) M1975/96/1 = ATCC 700813= CCUG 37380 = CIP 105938.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: Y16547.
Basonym: ¤ Abiotrophia balaenopterae Lawson et al. 1999.
Etymology: N.L. gen. n. balaenopterae, pertaining to the minke whale, Balaenoptera acutorostrata, from which the organism was isolated.
Valid publication: COLLINS (M.D.) and LAWSON (P.A.): The genus Abiotrophia (Kawamura et al.) is not monophyletic: proposal of Granulicatella gen. nov., Granulicatella adiacens comb. nov., Granulicatella elegans comb. nov. and Granulicatella balaenopterae comb. nov. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2000, 50, 365-369.
Original article in IJSEM Online
Granulicatella elegans (Roggenkamp et al. 1999) Collins and Lawson 2000, comb. nov.
Type strain: (see also StrainInfo.net) B1333 = ATCC 700633= CCUG 38949 = CIP 105513 = DSM 11693.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: AF016390.
Basonym: ¤ Abiotrophia elegans Roggenkamp et al. 1999.
Etymology: L. fem. adj. elegans, choice, nice, elegant.
Valid publication: COLLINS (M.D.) and LAWSON (P.A.): The genus Abiotrophia (Kawamura et al.) is not monophyletic: proposal of Granulicatella gen. nov., Granulicatella adiacens comb. nov., Granulicatella elegans comb. nov. and Granulicatella balaenopterae comb. nov. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2000, 50, 365-369.
Original article in IJSEM Online