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Species Enterococcus raffinosus

Name: Enterococcus raffinosus Collins et al. 1989

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: N.L. masc. adj. raffinosus, pertaining to raffinose, referring to ability to metabolize raffinose

Gender: masculine

Type strain: ATCC 49427; CCUG 29292; CIP 103329; DSM 5633; JCM 8733; LMG 12888; NBRC 100492; NCTC 12192; strain 1789/79

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16S rRNA gene: Y18296 Analyse 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

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 2

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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