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; M401624/00/2

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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+". — 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 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