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Species Enterococcus sulfureus
Name: Enterococcus sulfureus Martinez-Murcia and Collins 1991
Etymology: sul.fu’re.us. N.L. masc. adj. sulfureus, of or like sulphur
Type strain: ATCC 49903; CCUG 30571; CCUG 33313; CIP 104373; DSM 6905; HAMBI 2232; LMG 13084; MUTK 31; NBRC 100680; NCDO 2379; NCFB 2379; NCIMB 13117
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16S rRNA gene:
AJ301841
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FASTA
Effective publication:
Martinez-Murcia AJ, Collins MD. Enterococcus sulfureus, a new yellow-pigmented Enterococcus species. FEMS Microbiol. Lett. 1991; 80:69-74. 
IJSEM list:
Anonymous. Validation list no. 39. Validation of publication of new names and new combinations previously effectively published outside the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1991; 41:580-581.
Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP
Taxonomic status: correct name (and explicitly recommended for medical use)
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Notes:
- 🧬 The phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is 0.04114 (N = 2).
- 😷 The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No". — The risk group for Swiss Confederation has been imported on 2024-02-01. The full classification is: risk group = 1. — The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. 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 10 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 genus.
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🧍 The date of valid publication of this name is in fact that of the first citation in a Validation List (List no. 39, published 9 October 1991) [2].
Publication:
Euzeby JP, Kudo T. Corrigenda to the validation lists. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2001; 51:1933-1938.
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🧍 The species Enterococcus sulfureus (effective publication: Martinez-Murcia and Collins 1991, type strain: strain MUTK 31 = NCDO 2379) appears also on the Validation List no. 40 [1]. The date of valid publication of this name is in fact that of the first citation in a Validation List (List no. 39, published 9 October 1991) [2].
Publication:
Anonymous. Validation list no. 40. Validation of publication of new names and new combinations previously effectively published outside the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1992; 42:191-192.
Parent taxon: Enterococcus (ex Thiercelin and Jouhaud 1903) Schleifer and Kilpper-Bälz 1984
Assigned by:
Martinez-Murcia AJ, Collins MD. Enterococcus sulfureus, a new yellow-pigmented Enterococcus species. FEMS Microbiol. Lett. 1991; 80:69-74.
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Record number: 775987
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