Name: Aerococcus suis Vela et al. 2007

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: su’is. L. gen. masc./fem. n. suis, of a hog

Gender: masculine

Type strain: 1821/02; CCUG 52530; CECT 7139; DSM 21500

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AM230658 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Vela AI, Garcia N, Latre MV, Casamayor A, Sanchez-Porro C, Briones V, Ventosa A, Dominguez L, Fernandez-Garayzabal JF. Aerococcus suis sp. nov., isolated from clinical specimens from swine. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007; 57:1291-1294.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 57, part 6 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007; 57:1935-1936.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 2

• 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 phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is 0.09745 (N = 6).
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 2, note = "t".
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 3 times in PubMed until 2024-03-28.

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

Assigned by: Vela AI, Garcia N, Latre MV, Casamayor A, Sanchez-Porro C, Briones V, Ventosa A, Dominguez L, Fernandez-Garayzabal JF. Aerococcus suis sp. nov., isolated from clinical specimens from swine. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007; 57:1291-1294.

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