Name: Globicatella sanguinis corrig. Collins et al. 1995

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

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

Gender: feminine

Type strain: ATCC 51173; CCUG 32999; CIP 107044; DSM 7447; IFO 15551; LMG 18987; NBRC 15551; NCFB 2835; NCIMB 702835; Strain 1152-78

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16S rRNA gene: AB680901 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Collins MD, Aguirre M, Facklam RR, Shallcross J, Williams AM. Globicatella sanguis gen.nov., sp.nov., a new gram-positive catalase-negative bacterium from human sources. J Appl Bacteriol 1992; 73:433-437.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Validation list no. 53. Validation of publication of new names and new combinations previously effectively published outside the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1995; 45:418-419.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 2

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Globicatella sanguis Collins et al. 1995	other spelling of name, inaccurate spelling

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Globicatella Collins et al. 1995. Publication: Collins MD, Aguirre M, Facklam RR, Shallcross J, Williams AM. Globicatella sanguis gen.nov., sp.nov., a new gram-positive catalase-negative bacterium from human sources. J Appl Bacteriol 1992; 73:433-437.
  • 😷 The risk group for Belgium has been imported on 2024-02-05. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "animal pathogen - biological class of risk animal: 2". — 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 = "ht". — 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 24 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.
  • 🧍 Nom. corrig.: IJSB 47:908; Globicatella sanguis (sic). Publication: Trüper HG, De' Clari L. Taxonomic note: Necessary correction of specific epithets formed as substantives (nouns) "in apposition". Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1997; 47:908-909.
  • 🧍 The original spelling of the specific epithet, sanguis (sic), has been corrected by Trüper and De' Clari 1997. Publication: Trüper HG, De' Clari L. Taxonomic note: Necessary correction of specific epithets formed as substantives (nouns) "in apposition". Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1997; 47:908-909.
  • 🧍 The previously listed 16S rRNA sequence (accession number S50214) for the type strain has about 40 "N" ambiguities. Another sequence, from type strain NBRC 15551 deposited in GenBank under accession number AB680901 has no ambiguities and will be used hereafter in LPSN. — Desjardins K. Personal communication, 2016-08-15.

Parent taxon: Globicatella Collins et al. 1995

Assigned by: Collins MD, Aguirre M, Facklam RR, Shallcross J, Williams AM. Globicatella sanguis gen.nov., sp.nov., a new gram-positive catalase-negative bacterium from human sources. J Appl Bacteriol 1992; 73:433-437.

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