Name: Aerococcus urinae Aguirre and Collins 1992

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: u.ri’nae. L. gen. fem. n. urinae, of urine

Gender: masculine

Type strain: ATCC 51268; CCUG 29291; CCUG 29564; CCUG 34223; CCUG 36881; CIP 104688; DSM 7446; IFO 15544; NBRC 15544; NCFB 2893; NCIMB 702893; NCTC 12142

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: M77819 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Aguirre M, Collins MD. Phylogenetic analysis of some Aerococcus-like organisms from urinary tract infections: description of Aerococcus urinae sp. nov. J Gen Microbiol 1992; 138:401-405.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Validation list no. 42. Validation of publication of new names and new combinations previously effectively published outside the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1992; 42:511.

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:
  • According to Bartlett et al. (2022), this species is an established 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: Aerococcus Williams et al. 1953 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Aguirre M, Collins MD. Phylogenetic analysis of some Aerococcus-like organisms from urinary tract infections: description of Aerococcus urinae sp. nov. J Gen Microbiol 1992; 138:401-405.

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Record number: 772880