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Species Enterococcus eurekensis
Name: Enterococcus eurekensis Cotta et al. 2013
Etymology: eu.re.ken’sis. N.L. masc. adj. eurekensis, pertaining to Eureka, a city in Illinois, USA, from where the type strain was isolated
Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … e͡u-re-KEN-sis, masculine
Type strain: CCUG 61259; NRRL B-59662; PC4B
See detailed strain information at
Conduct genome-based taxonomy at
16S rRNA gene:
AF445305
Analyse
FASTA
Effective publication:
Cotta MA, Whitehead TR, Falsen E, Moore E, Lawson PA. Erratum to: Two novel species Enterococcus lemanii sp. nov. and Enterococcus eurekensis sp. nov., isolated from a swine-manure storage pit. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek 2013; 103:1409-1418. 
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IJSEM list:
Euzeby JP. Validation list no. 152. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:2365-2367.
Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP
Taxonomic status: correct name (and explicitly recommended for medical use)
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Notes:
- 😷 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 3 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.
- 🙆 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 genus.
Parent taxon: Enterococcus (ex Thiercelin and Jouhaud 1903) Schleifer and Kilpper-Bälz 1984
Assigned by:
Cotta MA, Whitehead TR, Falsen E, Moore E, Lawson PA. Erratum to: Two novel species Enterococcus lemanii sp. nov. and Enterococcus eurekensis sp. nov., isolated from a swine-manure storage pit. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek 2013; 103:1409-1418. 🇺🇸
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Record number: 790806
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