Name: Arcanobacterium hippocoleae Hoyles et al. 2002

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: hip.po.co’le.ae. Gr. masc. n. hippos, horse; Gr. masc. n. koleos, vagina; N.L. gen. fem. n. hippocoleae, of the horse vagina [probably better: hippocolei or hippovaginae]

Gender: neuter

Type strain: CCUG 44697; CIP 106850; DSM 15539; M401624/00/2

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AJ300767 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Hoyles L, Falsen E, Foster G, Rogerson F, Collins MD. Arcanobacterium hippocoleae sp. nov., from the vagina of a horse. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2002; 52:617-619.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 52, part 2 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2002; 52:691-692.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 2

• Notes:
  • 😷 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 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "t+".
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 6 times in PubMed until 2024-03-28.

Parent taxon: Arcanobacterium Collins et al. 1983

Assigned by: Hoyles L, Falsen E, Foster G, Rogerson F, Collins MD. Arcanobacterium hippocoleae sp. nov., from the vagina of a horse. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2002; 52:617-619.

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Record number: 773355