Species Aerococcus sanguinicola

Name: Aerococcus sanguinicola corrig. Lawson et al. 2001

Category, proposed as: species, sp. nov.

Etymology: san.gui.ni’co.la. L. masc. n. sanguis (gen. sanguinis), blood; L. masc./fem. n. suff. -cola, dweller; from L. masc./fem. n. incola, dweller; N.L. masc./fem. n. sanguinicola, blood-dweller

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: a-e-ro-KOK-kus san-gu͡i-NI-ko-la, masculine

Type strain: CCUG 43001; CIP 106533; DSM 15633; JCM 11549

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AJ276512 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Lawson PA, Falsen E, Truberg-Jensen K, Collins MD. Aerococcus sanguicola sp. nov., isolated from a human clinical source. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2001; 51:475-479. 🇬🇧

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 51, part 2 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2001; 51:795-796.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name (and explicitly recommended for medical use)

Risk group: 2

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Aerococcus sanguicola Lawson et al. 2001	other spelling of name, inaccurate spelling

• Emendations:
  • Tohno et al. 2014 Tohno M, Kitahara M, Matsuyama S, Kimura K, Ohkuma M, Tajima K. Aerococcus vaginalis sp. nov., isolated from the vaginal mucosa of a beef cow, and emended descriptions of Aerococcus suis, Aerococcus viridans, Aerococcus urinaeequi, Aerococcus urinaehominis, Aerococcus urinae, Aerococcus christensenii and Aerococcus sanguinicola. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2014; 64:1229-1236. 🇯🇵 Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 64, part 4 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2014; 64:2188-2190.
    Notes:
    • 😢 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. Contrasting the term "chemotaxonomic" with "phenotypic" is not recommended. Whether taxa can have "members" is debatable. See the LPSN phylogeny page for details.

• Notes:
  • 😷 The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 2, note = "Animal classification RG: 2 - Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No - Containment level: Containment Level 2". — 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 2026-08-13. 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 22 times in PubMed until 2026-06-11.
  • 🙆 This name is on the List of Recommended Names for bacteria of medical importance (LoRN) as the name to be applied to this species. The name is on LoRN because of the recorded risk group of the species itself.
  • 🧍 The original spelling of the specific epithet sanguicola (sic), has been corrected by the List Editor, IJSEM. Publication: Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 51, part 2 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2001; 51:795-796.

Parent taxon: Aerococcus Williams et al. 1953 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Lawson PA, Falsen E, Truberg-Jensen K, Collins MD. Aerococcus sanguicola sp. nov., isolated from a human clinical source. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2001; 51:475-479. 🇬🇧

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