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

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … a-sak-k^ha-ro-LY-ti-ka, 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 (and explicitly recommended for medical use)

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. — 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 8 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 species itself.
  • 🧍 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 (Reading) 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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Record number: 788551