Name: Abiotrophia elegans Roggenkamp et al. 1999

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: L. fem. adj. elegans, choice, nice, elegant

Type strains: ATCC 700633; B1333; CCUG 38949; CIP 105513; DSM 11693

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AF016390 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Roggenkamp A, Abele-Horn M, Trebesius KH, Tretter U, Autenrieth IB, Heesemann J. Abiotrophia elegans sp. nov., a possible pathogen in patients with culture-negative endocarditis. J Clin Microbiol 1998; 36:100-104.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Validation list no. 68. Validation of publication of new names and new combinations previously effectively published outside the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1999; 49:1-3.

Nomenclatural status: validly published

Taxonomic status: synonym

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

Risk group: 2

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Granulicatella elegans (Roggenkamp et al. 1999) Collins and Lawson 2000	homotypic synonym, validly published

Parent taxon: Abiotrophia Kawamura et al. 1995

Assigned by: Roggenkamp A, Abele-Horn M, Trebesius KH, Tretter U, Autenrieth IB, Heesemann J. Abiotrophia elegans sp. nov., a possible pathogen in patients with culture-negative endocarditis. J Clin Microbiol 1998; 36:100-104.

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