Species Streptococcus sinensis
Name: Streptococcus sinensis Woo et al. 2002
Etymology: sin.en’sis. M.L. fem. pl. n. Sinae, of China; N.L. masc./fem. adj. sinensis, pertaining to China, the country where the bacterium was isolated
Type strain: CCUG 48363; CCUG 48488; DSM 14990; HKU4; LMG 21517
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16S rRNA gene:
MK330591
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FASTA
Effective publication:
Woo PC, Tam DM, Leung KW, Lau SK, Teng JL, Wong MK, Yuen KY. Streptococcus sinensis sp. nov., a novel species isolated from a patient with infective endocarditis. J Clin Microbiol 2002; 40:805-810. 
IJSEM list:
Anonymous. Validation list no. 87. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2002; 52:1437-1438.
Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP
Taxonomic status: correct name
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Notes:
- 😷 The risk group for Belgium has been imported on 2024-02-05. The full classification is: risk group = 2, note = "human pathogen". — The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 2.
- 🎓 Name mentioned 20 times in PubMed until 2024-03-28.
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🧍 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.
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🧍 The type strain LMG 21517 has been provided by P. Woo in a personal communication to the List Editor.
Publication:
Anonymous. Validation list no. 87. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2002; 52:1437-1438.
Parent taxon: Streptococcus Rosenbach 1884 (Approved Lists 1980)
Assigned by:
Woo PC, Tam DM, Leung KW, Lau SK, Teng JL, Wong MK, Yuen KY. Streptococcus sinensis sp. nov., a novel species isolated from a patient with infective endocarditis. J Clin Microbiol 2002; 40:805-810.
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