Name: Helcococcus ovis Collins et al. 1999

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: o’vis. L. gen. fem. n. ovis, of a sheep

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … O-wis, masculine

Type strain: ATCC BAA-59; CCUG 37441; CIP 106312; DSM 16935; DSM 21504; S840-96-1

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16S rRNA gene: Y16279 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Collins MD, Falsen E, Foster G, Monasterio LR, Dominguez L, Fernandez-Garazabal JF. Helcococcus ovis sp. nov., a gram-positive organism from sheep. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1999; 49:1429-1432. 🇬🇧

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

• Notes:
  • 😷 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: 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, 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 23 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: Helcococcus Collins et al. 1993

Assigned by: Collins MD, Falsen E, Foster G, Monasterio LR, Dominguez L, Fernandez-Garazabal JF. Helcococcus ovis sp. nov., a gram-positive organism from sheep. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1999; 49:1429-1432. 🇬🇧

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Record number: 776863