Species ***Enterococcus* *asini***

Name: Enterococcus asini de Vaux et al. 1998

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: a’si.ni. L. gen. masc. n. asini, of a donkey (Equus asinus)

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: en-te-ro-KOK-kus A-si-ni, masculine

Type strain: AS2; ATCC 700915; CCUG 44928; DSM 11492; LMG 18727; NBRC 100681

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: Y11621 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: de Vaux A, Laguerre G, Divies C, Prevost H. Enterococcus asini sp. nov. isolated from the caecum of donkeys (Equus asinus). Int J Syst Bacteriol 1998; 48:383-387. 🇫🇷

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 48, part 2 of the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1998; 48:633-634.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

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

Risk group: 2

Notes:
- 🧬 The phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is 0.05325 (N = 2).
- 😷 The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No". — 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. — 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 8 times 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: Enterococcus (ex Thiercelin and Jouhaud 1903) Schleifer and Kilpper-Bälz 1984

Assigned by: de Vaux A, Laguerre G, Divies C, Prevost H. Enterococcus asini sp. nov. isolated from the caecum of donkeys (Equus asinus). Int J Syst Bacteriol 1998; 48:383-387. 🇫🇷

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Species Enterococcus asini

Species ***Enterococcus* *asini***