Species ***Enterococcus* *saccharolyticus***

Name: Enterococcus saccharolyticus (Farrow et al. 1985) Rodrigues and Collins 1991

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: Streptococcus saccharolyticus Farrow et al. 1985

Etymology: sac.cha.ro.ly’ti.cus. Gr. neut. n. sakchar, sugar; N.L. masc. adj. lyticus, able to loose, able to dissolve; from Gr. masc. adj. lytikos, dissolving; N.L. masc. adj. saccharolyticus, sugar-digesting

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: en-te-ro-KOK-kus sak-k^ha-ro-LY-ti-kus, masculine

Type strain: ATCC 43076; CCUG 27643; CCUG 33311; CIP 103246; DSM 20726; HAMBI 1576; JCM 8734; LMG 11427; NBRC 100493; NCDO 2594; NCFB 2594; NCIMB 702594

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AJ301839 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Rodrigues U, Collins MD. Phylogenetic analysis of Streptococcus saccharolyticus based on 16S rRNA sequencing. FEMS Microbiol. Lett. 1990; 71:231-234. 🇬🇧

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Validation list no. 36. Validation of publication of new names and new combinations previously effectively published outside the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1991; 41:178-179.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

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

Risk group: 2

Synonyms:

Name	Kind
Streptococcus saccharolyticus Farrow et al. 1985	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

Emendations:
- Chen et al. 2013 Chen YS, Lin YH, Pan SF, Ji SH, Chang YC, Yu CR, Liou MS, Wu HC, Otoguro M, Yanagida F, et al. Enterococcus saccharolyticus subsp. taiwanensis subsp. nov., isolated from broccoli. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:4691-4697. 🇹🇼 Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 63, part 12 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2014; 64:697-699.

Notes:
- 😩 Deposits incorrectly indicated in some sources as representing the type strain of this taxon: BCRC 80575; NBRC 109476.
- 🧬 The phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is 0.05641 (N = 1).
- 😷 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 = 1, note = "PIIC". — The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2026-08-13. 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 25 times 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 species itself.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 2
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 2
Total number of child taxa: 2

Child taxa:

Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
Enterococcus saccharolyticus subsp. saccharolyticus (Farrow et al. 1985) Chen et al. 2013	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
Enterococcus saccharolyticus subsp. taiwanensis Chen et al. 2013	validly published under the ICNP	correct name

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

Assigned by: Rodrigues U, Collins MD. Phylogenetic analysis of Streptococcus saccharolyticus based on 16S rRNA sequencing. FEMS Microbiol. Lett. 1990; 71:231-234. 🇬🇧

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Species Enterococcus saccharolyticus

Species ***Enterococcus* *saccharolyticus***