Name: Fastidiosipila sanguinis Falsen et al. 2005

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: san’gui.nis. L. gen. masc. n. sanguinis, of blood, referring to the source of the organism

Gender: feminine

Type strain: CCUG 47711; CIP 108292; DSM 18896

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16S rRNA gene: AJ575187 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Falsen E, Collins MD, Welinder-Olsson C, Song Y, Finegold SM, Lawson PA. Fastidiosipila sanguinis gen. nov., sp. nov., a new Gram-positive, coccus-shaped organism from human blood. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2005; 55:853-858.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 55, part 2 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2005; 55:1399-1402.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 2

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Fastidiosipila Falsen et al. 2005. Publication: Falsen E, Collins MD, Welinder-Olsson C, Song Y, Finegold SM, Lawson PA. Fastidiosipila sanguinis gen. nov., sp. nov., a new Gram-positive, coccus-shaped organism from human blood. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2005; 55:853-858.
  • 😷 The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "Animal classification RG: 1 - Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No - Containment level: Containment Level 1". — The risk group for Swiss Confederation has been imported on 2024-02-01. The full classification is: risk group = 2. — The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "+". — If in doubt, use the risk group given in the regulations for your country and, if these are not available, use the risk group given in the catalogue of the culture collection from which you have obtained or intend to obtain the strain.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 3 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.
  • 🧍 According to Bartlett et al. (2022), this species is an established human pathogen. Publication: Bartlett A, Padfield D, Lear L, Bendall R, Vos M. A comprehensive list of bacterial pathogens infecting humans. Microbiology 2022; 168:0.

Parent taxon: Fastidiosipila Falsen et al. 2005

Assigned by: Falsen E, Collins MD, Welinder-Olsson C, Song Y, Finegold SM, Lawson PA. Fastidiosipila sanguinis gen. nov., sp. nov., a new Gram-positive, coccus-shaped organism from human blood. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2005; 55:853-858.

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