Name: Aerococcus viridans Williams et al. 1953 (Approved Lists 1980)

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: vi.ri’dans. L. part. adj. viridans, making green, producing a green color

Gender: masculine

Type strain: ATCC 11563; CCUG 4311; CIP 54.145; DSM 20340; HAMBI 1583; IFO 12219; JCM 20461; LMG 17931; NBRC 12219; NCAIM B.01070; NCTC 8251

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: M58797 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Williams RE, Hirch A, Cowan ST. Aerococcus, a new bacterial genus. J Gen Microbiol 1953; 8:475-480.

IJSEM list: Skerman VBD, McGowan V, Sneath PHA. Approved lists of bacterial names. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1980; 30:225-420.

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:
  • Nomenclatural type of the genus Aerococcus Williams et al. 1953 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: Williams RE, Hirch A, Cowan ST. Aerococcus, a new bacterial genus. J Gen Microbiol 1953; 8:475-480.

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

Assigned by: Williams RE, Hirch A, Cowan ST. Aerococcus, a new bacterial genus. J Gen Microbiol 1953; 8:475-480.

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