Name: Granulicatella balaenopterae (Lawson et al. 1999) Collins and Lawson 2000

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: Abiotrophia balaenopterae Lawson et al. 1999

Etymology: ba.lae.nop’te.rae. N.L. gen. fem. n. balaenopterae, pertaining to the minke whale, Balaenoptera acutorostrata, from which the organism was isolated

Pronunciation, gender: ba-la͡e-NOP-te-ra͡e, feminine

Type strain: ATCC 700813; CCUG 37380; CIP 105938; DSM 15827; M1975/96/1

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16S rRNA gene: Y16547 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Collins MD, Lawson PA. The genus Abiotrophia (Kawamura et al.) is not monophyletic: proposal of Granulicatella gen. nov., Granulicatella adiacens comb. nov., Granulicatella elegans comb. nov. and Granulicatella balaenopterae comb. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2000; 50:365-369.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 50, part 1 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2000; 50:425-426.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

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

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Abiotrophia balaenopterae Lawson et al. 1999	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 = 1, note = "Animal classification RG: 1 - Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No - Containment level: Containment Level 1". — The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1, 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 4 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.

Parent taxon: Granulicatella Collins and Lawson 2000

Assigned by: Collins MD, Lawson PA. The genus Abiotrophia (Kawamura et al.) is not monophyletic: proposal of Granulicatella gen. nov., Granulicatella adiacens comb. nov., Granulicatella elegans comb. nov. and Granulicatella balaenopterae comb. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2000; 50:365-369.

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Record number: 776612