Species Enterococcus rotai

Name: Enterococcus rotai Sedláček et al. 2013

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: ro’ta.i. N.L. gen. masc. n. rotai, of Rota, named in honour of Mr Jiří Rota, a Czech microbiologist, for his contribution to the taxonomy of streptococci and enterococci

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: en-te-ro-KOK-kus RO-ta-i, masculine

Type strain: CCM 4630; CCUG 61593; LMG 26678

16S rRNA gene: AJ276353 Analysetree FASTA download

Valid publication: Sedlacek I, Holochova P, Maslanova I, Kosina M, Sproer C, Bryndova H, Vandamme P, Rudolf I, Hubalek Z, Svec P. Enterococcus ureilyticus sp. nov. and Enterococcus rotai sp. nov., two urease-producing enterococci from the environment. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:502-510. 🇨🇿

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 63, part 2 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:1581-1583.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

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

Risk group: 1

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

Assigned by: Sedlacek I, Holochova P, Maslanova I, Kosina M, Sproer C, Bryndova H, Vandamme P, Rudolf I, Hubalek Z, Svec P. Enterococcus ureilyticus sp. nov. and Enterococcus rotai sp. nov., two urease-producing enterococci from the environment. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:502-510. 🇨🇿

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Record number: 790533

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