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Species Enterococcus hirae
Name: Enterococcus hirae Farrow and Collins 1985
Etymology: hi.rae. L. gen. fem. n. hirae, of the intestine or gut
Type strain: ATCC 8043; ATCC 9790; CCM 2423; CCUG 1332; CCUG 18659; CCUG 19917; CFBP 4250; CIP 53.48; DSM 20160; E.E. Snell strain R; HAMBI 1709; HAMBI 644; IFO 3181; JCM 8729; LMG 6399; NBIMCC 8851; NBRC 3181; NCCB 46070; NCCB 58005; NCDO 1258; NCFB 1258; NCIB 6459; NCIMB 6459; NCTC 12367
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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at
16S rRNA gene:
AJ301834
Analyse
FASTA
Valid publication:
Farrow JAE, Collins MD. Enterococcus hirae, a new species that includes amino acid assay strain NCDO 1258 and strains causing growth depression in young chickens. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1985; 35:73-75. 
Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP
Taxonomic status: correct name
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Notes:
- 🧬 The phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is 0.01712 (N = 6).
- 😷 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 = "PV". — The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 2, note = "ht". — 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 675 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.
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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.
Parent taxon: Enterococcus (ex Thiercelin and Jouhaud 1903) Schleifer and Kilpper-Bälz 1984
Assigned by:
Farrow JAE, Collins MD. Enterococcus hirae, a new species that includes amino acid assay strain NCDO 1258 and strains causing growth depression in young chickens. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1985; 35:73-75.
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Record number: 775971
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