Name: Abiotrophia elegans Roggenkamp et al. 1999

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: e’le.gans. L. adj. elegans, choice, nice, elegant

Gender: feminine

Type strain: ATCC 700633; B 1333; CCUG 38949; CIP 105513; DSM 11693

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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 under the ICNP

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 under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • The e-mail address of the corresponding author given in the effective publication is not functional any more.
  • The terminology used by the authors is in line with many other taxonomic studies and does not negatively affect their main results; some improvements may nevertheless be possible. Using the term "phylogenetic data" (or equivalent) for sequence data is not advocated. Whether taxa can have "members" is debatable. See the LPSN phylogeny page for details. Publication: Göker M. What can genome analysis offer for bacteria? In: Bridge P, Smith D, Stackebrandt E (eds), Trends in the systematics of bacteria and fungi, CAB International, Wallingford, 2021, p. 255-281.
  • Abiotrophia elegans is the correct name 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.
  • According to Bartlett et al. (2022), this species is a putative 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: 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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