Species Enterococcus lemanii

Name: Enterococcus lemanii Cotta et al. 2013

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: le.ma’ni.i. N.L. gen. masc. n. lemanii, of Leman, named after the late American veterinarian Allen D. Leman for his contributions toward swine disease and swine production

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: en-te-ro-KOK-kus le-MA-ni-i, masculine

Type strain: CCUG 61260; NRRL B-59661; PC32

16S rRNA gene: AF445301 Analysetree FASTA download

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. 🇺🇸

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)

Risk group: 1

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: 790807

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