Name: Gemella palaticanis Collins et al. 1999

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: pa.la.ti.ca’nis. L. neut. n. palatum, gum; L. gen. masc./fem. n. canis, dog; N.L. gen. masc./fem. n. palaticanis, of the gum of a dog

Gender: feminine

Type strain: ATCC BAA-58; CCUG 39489; CIP 106318; M663-98-1

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16S rRNA gene: Y17280 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Collins MD, Rodriguez Jovita M, Foster G, Sjoden B, Falsen E. Characterization of a Gemella-like organism from the oral cavity of a dog: description of Gemella palaticanis sp. nov. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1999; 49:1523-1526.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 49, part 4 of the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 2000; 50:5-7.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

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

Risk group: 2

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Gemelliphila palaticanis (Collins et al. 1999) 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 = "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 = 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 3 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.

Parent taxon: Gemella Berger 1960 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Collins MD, Rodriguez Jovita M, Foster G, Sjoden B, Falsen E. Characterization of a Gemella-like organism from the oral cavity of a dog: description of Gemella palaticanis sp. nov. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1999; 49:1523-1526.

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Record number: 783899