Name: Gemella asaccharolytica Ulger-Toprak et al. 2010

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: a.sac.cha.ro.ly’ti.ca. Gr. pref. a-, not (inseparable prefix); Gr. neut. n. sakchar, sugar; N.L. fem. adj. lytica, able to dissolve, able to loose; from Gr. fem. adj. lytikê, able to loosen; N.L. fem. adj. asaccharolytica, not digesting sugar

Gender: feminine

Type strain: ATCC BAA-1630; CCUG 57045; DSM 23839; WAL 1945; WAL 1945J

16S rRNA gene: EU427463 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Ulger-Toprak N, Summanen PH, Liu C, Rowlinson MC, Finegold SM. Gemella asaccharolytica sp. nov., isolated from human clinical specimens. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2010; 60:1023-1026.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 60, part 5 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2010; 60:1715-1716.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 2

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Gemelliphila asaccharolytica (Ulger-Toprak et al. 2010) Bello et al. 2024	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • 😷 The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 2, note = "Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No - Containment level: Containment Level 2". — The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 2.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 6 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.
  • 🧍 According to Bartlett et al. (2022), this species is an established human pathogen. 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: Gemella Berger 1960 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Ulger-Toprak N, Summanen PH, Liu C, Rowlinson MC, Finegold SM. Gemella asaccharolytica sp. nov., isolated from human clinical specimens. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2010; 60:1023-1026.

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