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Species Enterococcus durans
Name: Enterococcus durans (ex Sherman and Wing 1937) Collins et al. 1984
Proposed as: sp. nov., nom. rev.
Etymology: du’rans. L. masc. part. adj. durans, hardening, resisting
Type strain: 98D; ATCC 19432; CCM 5612; DSM 20633; NCDO 596; NCFB 596; NCTC 8307
See detailed strain information at
Conduct genome-based taxonomy at
16S rRNA gene:
AJ276354
Analyse
FASTA
Valid publication:
Collins MD, Jones D, Farrow JAE, Kilpper-Bälz R, Schleifer KH. Enterococcus avium nom. rev., comb. nov.; E. casseliflavus nom. rev., comb. nov.; E. durans nom. rev., comb. nov.; E. gallinarum comb. nov.; and E. malodoratus sp. nov. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1984; 34:220-223. 
Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP
Taxonomic status: correct name
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Synonyms:
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Name Kind Streptococcus durans (Collins et al. 1984 ex Sherman and Wing 1937) Knight et al. 1984 homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
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Notes:
- 🧬 The phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is 0.07008 (N = 1).
- 😷 The risk group for Belgium has been imported on 2024-02-05. The full classification is: risk group = 2, note = "human and animal pathogen - biological class of risk animal: 2". — The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 2, note = "Animal classification RG: 2 - Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No - Containment level: Containment Level 2". — The risk group for Swiss Confederation has been imported on 2024-02-01. The full classification is: risk group = 2, note = "TA". — The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 2, note = "TA". — The risk group for Taiwan has been imported on 2024-11-03. The full classification is: risk group = 2, note = "P650 = v". — 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 366 times in PubMed until 2024-03-28.
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🧍 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.
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🧍 Nom. rev. / basonym "Streptococcus durans".
Publication:
Knight RG, Shlaes DM, Messineo L. Deoxyribonucleic acid relatedness among major human enterococci. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1984; 34:327-331.
Parent taxon: Enterococcus (ex Thiercelin and Jouhaud 1903) Schleifer and Kilpper-Bälz 1984
Assigned by:
Collins MD, Jones D, Farrow JAE, Kilpper-Bälz R, Schleifer KH. Enterococcus avium nom. rev., comb. nov.; E. casseliflavus nom. rev., comb. nov.; E. durans nom. rev., comb. nov.; E. gallinarum comb. nov.; and E. malodoratus sp. nov. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1984; 34:220-223.
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Record number: 775963
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