Name: Agitococcus lubricus Franzmann and Skerman 1981

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: lu’bri.cus. L. masc. adj. lubricus, slippery

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: a-gi-to-KOK-kus LU-bri-kus, masculine

Type strain: CCM 9403; DSM 5822; UQM 1981

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16S rRNA gene: HE582776 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Franzmann PD, Skerman VBD. Agitococcus lubricus gen. nov., sp. nov., a lipolytic, twitching coccus from freshwater. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1981; 31:177-183. 🇦🇺

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

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

Risk group: 2

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Agitococcus Franzmann and Skerman 1981. Publication: Franzmann PD, Skerman VBD. Agitococcus lubricus gen. nov., sp. nov., a lipolytic, twitching coccus from freshwater. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1981; 31:177-183. 🇦🇺
  • 😷 The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 2, note = "Animal classification RG: 1 - 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 = 1. — The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1. — 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 1 time 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.

Parent taxon: Agitococcus Franzmann and Skerman 1981

Assigned by: Franzmann PD, Skerman VBD. Agitococcus lubricus gen. nov., sp. nov., a lipolytic, twitching coccus from freshwater. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1981; 31:177-183. 🇦🇺

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Record number: 772945