Name: Gemella sanguinis Collins et al. 1999

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: san’gui.nis. L. gen. masc. n. sanguinis, of the blood

Gender: feminine

Type strain: 2045-94; ATCC 700632; CCUG 37820; CIP 105929; LMG 18986

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: Y13364 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Collins MD, Hutson RA, Falsen E, Sjoden B, Facklam RR. Description of Gemella sanguinis sp. nov., isolated from human clinical specimens. J Clin Microbiol 1998; 36:3090-3093.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Validation list no. 68. Validation of publication of new names and new combinations previously effectively published outside the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1999; 49:1-3.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

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: 1 - 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.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 34 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.
  • 🧍 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: Collins MD, Hutson RA, Falsen E, Sjoden B, Facklam RR. Description of Gemella sanguinis sp. nov., isolated from human clinical specimens. J Clin Microbiol 1998; 36:3090-3093.

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