Domain Phylum Class Order Family Genus Species Rarely used categories

Species Enterococcus dispar

Name: Enterococcus dispar Collins et al. 1991

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: dis’par. L. adj. dispar, dissimilar, different

Gender: masculine

Type strain: ATCC 51266; CCUG 33309; CIP 103646; DSM 6630; E18-1; HAMBI 2231; LMG 13521; NBRC 100678; NCFB 2821; NCIMB 13000

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AJ301829 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Collins MD, Rodrigues UM, Pigott NE, Facklam RR. Enterococcus dispar sp. nov. a new Enterococcus species from human sources. Lett Appl Microbiol 1991; 12:95-98.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Validation list no. 38. Validation of publication of new names and new combinations previously effectively published outside the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1991; 41:456-457.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 2

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

Assigned by: Collins MD, Rodrigues UM, Pigott NE, Facklam RR. Enterococcus dispar sp. nov. a new Enterococcus species from human sources. Lett Appl Microbiol 1991; 12:95-98.

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Record number: 775962
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