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. 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

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 = "+".
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 2 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.

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