Name: Gemella cuniculi Hoyles et al. 2000

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: cu.ni’cu.li. L. gen. masc. n. cuniculi, of the rabbit

Gender: feminine

Type strain: ATCC BAA-287; CCUG 42726; CIP 106481; DSM 15828; M60449/99/1

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AJ251987 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Hoyles L, Foster G, Falsen E, Collins MD. Characterization of a Gemella-like organism isolated from an abscess of a rabbit: description of Gemella cunicula sp. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2000; 50:2037-2041.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 50, part 6 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2001; 51:267-268.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

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

Risk group: 2

• Notes:
  • 😷 The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 2, note = "Animal classification RG: 2 - Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No - Containment level: Containment Level 2". — The risk group for Swiss Confederation has been imported on 2024-02-01. The full classification is: risk group = 2. — The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. 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 2 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.
  • 🙆 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.
  • 🧍 The genome of the type strain was sequenced as part of the GEBA (Genomic Encyclopedia of Bacteria and Archaea) project. Publication: Mukherjee S, Seshadri R, Varghese NJ, Eloe-Fadrosh EA, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Goker M, Coates RC, Hadjithomas M, Pavlopoulos GA, Paez-Espino D, et al. 1,003 reference genomes of bacterial and archaeal isolates expand coverage of the tree of life. Nat Biotechnol 2017; 35:676-683.

Parent taxon: Gemella Berger 1960 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Hoyles L, Foster G, Falsen E, Collins MD. Characterization of a Gemella-like organism isolated from an abscess of a rabbit: description of Gemella cunicula sp. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2000; 50:2037-2041.

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