Species ***Enterococcus* *cecorum***

Name: Enterococcus cecorum (Devriese et al. 1983) Williams et al. 1989

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: Streptococcus cecorum Devriese et al. 1983

Etymology: ce.co.rum. L. n. cecum, sacculated diverticulum of the large intestine (cecum); N.L. gen. neut. pl. n. cecorum, of ceca

Gender: masculine

Type strain: A60; ATCC 43198; CCUG 27299; CIP 103676; DSM 20682; JCM 8724; LMG 12902; NBRC 100674; NCDO 2674; NCFB 2674; NCIMB 702674; NCTC 12421

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16S rRNA gene: AJ301827 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Williams AM, Farrow JAE, Collins MD. Reverse transcriptase sequencing of 16s ribosomal RNA from Streptococcus cecorum. Lett. Appl. Microbiol. 1989; 8:185-189.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Validation list no. 31. Validation of publication of new names and new combinations previously effectively published outside the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1989; 39:495-497.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

Synonyms:

Name	Kind
Streptococcus cecorum Devriese et al. 1983	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

Notes:
- The phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is 0.01126 (N = 5).
- According to Bartlett et al. (2022), this species is an established human pathogen. Publication: Bartlett A, Padfield D, Lear L, Bendall R, Vos M. A comprehensive list of bacterial pathogens infecting humans. Microbiology 2022; 168:0.
- The genome of the type strain was sequenced as part of the GEBA (Genomic Encyclopedia of Bacteria and Archaea) project. Publication: Mukherjee S, Seshadri R, Varghese NJ, Eloe-Fadrosh EA, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Goker M, Coates RC, Hadjithomas M, Pavlopoulos GA, Paez-Espino D, et al. 1,003 reference genomes of bacterial and archaeal isolates expand coverage of the tree of life. Nat Biotechnol 2017; 35:676-683.
- The full TRBA 466 classification is: risk group = 1, note = "+".

Parent taxon: Enterococcus (ex Thiercelin and Jouhaud 1903) Schleifer and Kilpper-Bälz 1984

Assigned by: Williams AM, Farrow JAE, Collins MD. Reverse transcriptase sequencing of 16s ribosomal RNA from Streptococcus cecorum. Lett. Appl. Microbiol. 1989; 8:185-189.

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Species Enterococcus cecorum

Species ***Enterococcus* *cecorum***