Name: Helcococcus sueciensis Collins et al. 2004

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: su.e.ci.en’sis. N.L. masc./fem. adj. sueciensis, from Sweden, the country in which the organism was isolated

Gender: masculine

Type strain: CCUG 47334; CIP 108183; DSM 17243

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AJ579914 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Collins MD, Falsen E, Brownlee K, Lawson PA. Helcococcus sueciensis sp. nov., isolated from a human wound. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004; 54:1557-1560.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 54, part 5 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2005; 55:3-5.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 2

• Notes:
  • 🧬 The phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is 0.15574 (N = 5).
  • 😷 The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No". — 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, note = "+".
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 2 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.
  • 🧍 According to Bartlett et al. (2022), this species is a putative 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: Helcococcus Collins et al. 1993

Assigned by: Collins MD, Falsen E, Brownlee K, Lawson PA. Helcococcus sueciensis sp. nov., isolated from a human wound. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004; 54:1557-1560.

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