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Species Enterococcus pingfangensis

Name: Enterococcus pingfangensis Li and Gu 2019

Category, proposed as: species, sp. nov.

Etymology: ping.fang.en’sis. N.L. masc. adj. pingfangensis, pertaining to Pingfang district, located in Harbin city, Heilongjiang province of China, where the bacterium was isolated

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: en-te-ro-KOK-kus pin͡g-fan͡g-EN-sis, masculine

Type strain: 241-2-2; CCM 8921; NCIMB 15185

16S rRNA gene: LC438519 Analysetree FASTA download

Valid publication: Li YQ, Gu CT. Enterococcus pingfangensis sp. nov., Enterococcus dongliensis sp. nov., Enterococcus hulanensis sp. nov., Enterococcus nangangensis sp. nov. and Enterococcus songbeiensis sp. nov., isolated from Chinese traditional pickle juice. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2019; 69:3196-3206. 🇨🇳

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 69, part 10 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:6-8.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name (and explicitly recommended for medical use)

Risk group: 1

  • Notes:
    • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2026-08-13. 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 1 time in PubMed until 2026-06-11.
    • 🙆 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.

Parent taxon: Enterococcus (ex Thiercelin and Jouhaud 1903) Schleifer and Kilpper-Bälz 1984

Assigned by: Li YQ, Gu CT. Enterococcus pingfangensis sp. nov., Enterococcus dongliensis sp. nov., Enterococcus hulanensis sp. nov., Enterococcus nangangensis sp. nov. and Enterococcus songbeiensis sp. nov., isolated from Chinese traditional pickle juice. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2019; 69:3196-3206. 🇨🇳

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Record number: 5539

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