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Species Enterococcus phoeniculicola
Name: Enterococcus phoeniculicola Law-Brown and Meyers 2003
Etymology: phoe.ni.cu.li’co.la. L. masc./fem. n. suff. -cola, inhabitant; N.L. masc./fem. n. phoeniculicola, growing in Phoeniculus, the genus of the Woodhoopoe
Type strain: ATCC BAA-412; CCUG 48923; DSM 14726; JLB-1; KCTC 3818; NBRC 100711
See detailed strain information at
Conduct genome-based taxonomy at
16S rRNA gene:
AB681238
Analyse
FASTA
Valid publication:
Law-Brown J, Meyers PR. Enterococcus phoeniculicola sp. nov., a novel member of the enterococci isolated from the uropygial gland of the Red-billed Woodhoopoe, Phoeniculus purpureus. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2003; 53:683-685. 
IJSEM list:
Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 53, part 3 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2003; 53:1221-1222.
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 0.05980 (N = 2).
- 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1. — 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 2 times in PubMed until 2024-03-28.
- 🙆 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 risk group of the genus.
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🧍 The specific epithet is a "N.L. masc. n.", not a "N.L. masc. adj." as cited in the paper by Law-Brown and Meyers 2003.
Publication:
Euzeby JP. List of Bacterial Names with Standing in Nomenclature: a folder available on the Internet. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1997; 47:590-592.
Parent taxon: Enterococcus (ex Thiercelin and Jouhaud 1903) Schleifer and Kilpper-Bälz 1984
Assigned by:
Law-Brown J, Meyers PR. Enterococcus phoeniculicola sp. nov., a novel member of the enterococci isolated from the uropygial gland of the Red-billed Woodhoopoe, Phoeniculus purpureus. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2003; 53:683-685.
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Record number: 775978
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