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Species Enterococcus pallens
Name: Enterococcus pallens Tyrrell et al. 2002
Etymology: pal’lens. L. masc. part. adj. pallens, being pale or yellow, yellowish, referring to the yellow pigmentation of the bacterium
Type strain: ATCC BAA-351; CCUG 45554; DSM 15690; NBRC 100697; PQ2
See detailed strain information at
Conduct genome-based taxonomy at
16S rRNA gene:
AB681228
Analyse
FASTA
Effective publication:
Tyrrell GJ, Turnbull L, Teixeira LM, Lefebvre J, Carvalho Mda G, Facklam RR, Lovgren M. Enterococcus gilvus sp. nov. and Enterococcus pallens sp. nov. isolated from human clinical specimens. J Clin Microbiol 2002; 40:1140-1145. 
IJSEM list:
Anonymous. Validation list no. 86. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2002; 52:1075-1076.
Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP
Taxonomic status: correct name (and explicitly recommended for medical use)
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Notes:
- 🧬 The phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is 0.05206 (N = 2).
- 😷 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 6 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.
- 🙆 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 a putative 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:
Tyrrell GJ, Turnbull L, Teixeira LM, Lefebvre J, Carvalho Mda G, Facklam RR, Lovgren M. Enterococcus gilvus sp. nov. and Enterococcus pallens sp. nov. isolated from human clinical specimens. J Clin Microbiol 2002; 40:1140-1145.
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Record number: 775977
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