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Species Enterococcus mundtii
Name: Enterococcus mundtii Collins et al. 1986
Etymology: mund’ti.i. N.L. gen. masc. n. mundtii, of Mundt, named after the late J. O. Mundt, an American microbiologist
Type strain: ATCC 43186; CCUG 18656; CFBP 4251; CIP 103010; DSM 4838; HAMBI 1570; JCM 8731; LMG 10748; MUTK 559; NBRC 100490; NCDO 2375; NCFB 2375; NCIMB 702375; NCTC 12363
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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at
16S rRNA gene:
AJ301836
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FASTA
Valid publication:
Collins MD, Farrow JAE, Jones D. Enterococcus mundtii sp. nov. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1986; 36:8-12. 
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 Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No". — The risk group for Swiss Confederation has been imported on 2024-02-01. The full classification is: risk group = 1. — The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "+". — 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 203 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 pathogenicity of the species itself.
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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:
Collins MD, Farrow JAE, Jones D. Enterococcus mundtii sp. nov. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1986; 36:8-12.
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Record number: 775976
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