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Species Enterococcus pseudoavium
Name: Enterococcus pseudoavium Collins et al. 1989
Etymology: pseu.do.a.vi.um. Gr. masc./fem. adj. pseudês, false; L. gen. fem. n. avis, bird; L. gen. fem. pl. n. avium, of birds, and also a specific epithet; N.L. gen. fem. pl. n. pseudoavium, false [Enterococcus] avium, owing to its similarity to this species [probably better: pseudavium]
Type strain: ATCC 49372; CCUG 33310; CIP 103647; DSM 5632; JCM 8732; LMG 11426; NBRC 100491; NCDO 2138; NCFB 2138; NCIMB 13084
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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at
16S rRNA gene:
AJ301837
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FASTA
Effective publication:
Collins MD, Facklam RR, Farrow JA, Williamson R. Enterococcus raffinosus sp. nov., Enterococcus solitarius sp. nov. and Enterococcus pseudoavium sp. nov. FEMS Microbiol Lett 1989; 57:283-288. 
IJSEM list:
Anonymous. Validation list no. 30. Validation of publication of new names and new combinations previously effectively published outside the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1989; 39:371.
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 = "Animal classification RG: 1 - Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No - Containment level: Containment Level 1". — The risk group for Swiss Confederation has been imported on 2024-02-01. The full classification is: risk group = 2, note = "PV". — The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 2, note = "t". — 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 18 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 risk group of the species itself.
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🧍 According to Bartlett et al. (2022), no evidence of human infection was found for this species.
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, Facklam RR, Farrow JA, Williamson R. Enterococcus raffinosus sp. nov., Enterococcus solitarius sp. nov. and Enterococcus pseudoavium sp. nov. FEMS Microbiol Lett 1989; 57:283-288.
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Record number: 775980
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