Name: Helcococcus sueciensis Collins et al. 2004

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

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

Pronunciation, gender: su-e-ki-EN-sis, 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 (and explicitly recommended for medical use)

Risk group: 2

• Notes:
  • 🧬 The phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is 0.15574 (N = 6).
  • 😷 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 = "+". — 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 2 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.
  • 🧍 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 (Reading) 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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Record number: 776864