Name: Lactococcus garvieae (Collins et al. 1984) Schleifer et al. 1986

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: Streptococcus garvieae Collins et al. 1984

Etymology: gar’vie.ae. N.L. gen. fem. n. garvieae, of Garvie, named for E.I. Garvie, a British microbiologist

Gender: masculine

Type strain: ATCC 43921; CCUG 32208; CIP 102507; DSM 20684; DSM 6783; HAMBI 1592; JCM 10343; JCM 12256; LMG 8893; NBIMCC 8066; NBRC 100934; NCDO 2155; NCFB 2155; NCIMB 702155; NIZO 2415

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16S rRNA gene: AB598994 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Schleifer KH, Kraus J, Dvorak C, Kilpper-Balz R, Collins MD, Fischer W. Transfer of Streptococcus lactis and related streptococci to the genus Lactococcus gen. nov. Syst. Appl. Microbiol. 1985; 6:183-195.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Validation list no. 20. Validation of publication of new names and new combinations previously effectively published outside the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1986; 36:354-356.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 2

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    "Lactobacillus garvieae" (Collins et al. 1984) Chen and Sung 2005	homotypic synonym, not validly published
    Enterococcus seriolicida Kusuda et al. 1991	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    Streptococcus garvieae Collins et al. 1984	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • ⏰ According to Teixeira et al. (1996), this species is an earlier heterotypic synonym of Enterococcus seriolicida Kusuda et al. 1991. Publication: Teixeira LM, Merquior VL, Vianni MC, Carvalho MG, Fracalanzza SE, Steigerwalt AG, Brenner DJ, Facklam RR. Phenotypic and genotypic characterization of atypical Lactococcus garvieae strains isolated from water buffalos with subclinical mastitis and confirmation of L. garvieae as a senior subjective synonym of Enterococcus seriolicida. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1996; 46:664-668.
  • 😷 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, note = "PV Important fish pathogen.". — 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 473 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.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 0
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 2
Total number of child taxa: 2

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Lactococcus garvieae subsp. garvieae (Collins et al. 1984) Varsha and Nampoothiri 2016	validly published under the ICNP	synonym of its species (division into subspecies abandoned)
    Lactococcus garvieae subsp. bovis Varsha and Nampoothiri 2016	validly published under the ICNP	synonym

Parent taxon: Lactococcus Schleifer et al. 1986

Assigned by: Schleifer KH, Kraus J, Dvorak C, Kilpper-Balz R, Collins MD, Fischer W. Transfer of Streptococcus lactis and related streptococci to the genus Lactococcus gen. nov. Syst. Appl. Microbiol. 1985; 6:183-195.

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Record number: 777418