Name: Abiotrophia balaenopterae Lawson et al. 1999

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: bal.aen.op’ter.ae. N.L. gen. fem. n. balaenopterae, pertaining to minke whale, Balaenoptera acutorostrata, from which the organism was isolated

Gender: feminine

Type strain: ATCC 700813; CCUG 37380; CIP 105938; DSM 15827; M1975/96/1

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16S rRNA gene: Y16547 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Lawson PA, Foster G, Falsen E, Sjoden B, Collins MD. Abiotrophia balaenopterae sp. nov., isolated from the minke whale (Balaenoptera acutorostrata). Int J Syst Bacteriol 1999; 49:503-506.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 49, part 2 of the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1999; 49:937-939.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Granulicatella balaenopterae (Lawson et al. 1999) Collins and Lawson 2000

Risk group: 2

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Granulicatella balaenopterae (Lawson et al. 1999) Collins and Lawson 2000	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • ❗ Abiotrophia balaenopterae is the correct name instead if this species is regarded as a separate species (i.e., if its nomenclatural type is not assigned to another species whose name is validly published, legitimate and not rejected and has priority) within a separate genus Abiotrophia.
  • 😷 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 = "t+".
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 3 times in PubMed until 2024-03-28.

Parent taxon: Abiotrophia Kawamura et al. 1995

Assigned by: Lawson PA, Foster G, Falsen E, Sjoden B, Collins MD. Abiotrophia balaenopterae sp. nov., isolated from the minke whale (Balaenoptera acutorostrata). Int J Syst Bacteriol 1999; 49:503-506.

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