Domain Phylum Class Order Family Genus Species Rarely used categories

Species Enterococcus haemoperoxidus

Name: Enterococcus haemoperoxidus Švec et al. 2001

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: hae.mo.per.o’xi.dus. Gr. neut. n. haîma, blood; L. prep. per, intensification; Gr. masc. adj. oxys, sour; N.L. masc. adj. haemoperoxidus, blood peroxide, derived from the ability of the species to decompose hydrogen peroxide into oxygen and water when cultivated on blood-agar media

Gender: masculine

Type strain: 440; ATCC BAA-382; CCM 4851; CCUG 45916; CIP 107129; DSM 15920; LMG 19487; NBRC 100709

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16S rRNA gene: AF286832 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Svec P, Devriese LA, Sedlacek I, Baele M, Vancanneyt M, Haesebrouck F, Swings J, Doskar J. Enterococcus haemoperoxidus sp. nov. and Enterococcus moraviensis sp. nov., isolated from water. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2001; 51:1567-1574.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 51, part 4 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2001; 51:1621-1623.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

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

Assigned by: Svec P, Devriese LA, Sedlacek I, Baele M, Vancanneyt M, Haesebrouck F, Swings J, Doskar J. Enterococcus haemoperoxidus sp. nov. and Enterococcus moraviensis sp. nov., isolated from water. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2001; 51:1567-1574.

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Record number: 775969
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