Name: Dolosicoccus paucivorans Collins et al. 1999

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: pau.ci’vo.rans. L. masc. adj. paucus, little; L. inf. v. vorare, to eat; N.L. masc. part. adj. paucivorans, eating little, relating to the observation that the organism utilizes few carbohydrates

Gender: masculine

Type strain: 2992-95; ATCC BAA-56; CCUG 39307; CIP 106314; DSM 15742

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16S rRNA gene: AJ012666 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Collins MD, Rodriguez Jovita M, Hutson RA, Falsen E, Sjoden B, Facklam RR. Dolosicoccus paucivorans gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from human blood. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1999; 49:1439-1442.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 49, part 4 of the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 2000; 50:5-7.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

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

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Dolosicoccus Collins et al. 1999. Publication: Collins MD, Rodriguez Jovita M, Hutson RA, Falsen E, Sjoden B, Facklam RR. Dolosicoccus paucivorans gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from human blood. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1999; 49:1439-1442.
  • 😷 The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "Animal classification RG: 1 - Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No - Containment level: Containment Level 1". — 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, note = "+". — 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 2 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.
  • 🙆 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 genus.

Parent taxon: Dolosicoccus Collins et al. 1999

Assigned by: Collins MD, Rodriguez Jovita M, Hutson RA, Falsen E, Sjoden B, Facklam RR. Dolosicoccus paucivorans gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from human blood. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1999; 49:1439-1442.

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Record number: 775813