Name: Luteococcus peritonei Collins et al. 2000

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: pe.ri.to.ne’i. L. neut. n. peritoneum, peritoneum; L. gen. neut. n. peritonei, of the peritoneum

Gender: masculine

Type strain: ATCC BAA-60; CCM 7172; CCUG 38120; CIP 106441; DSM 15826; JCM 11685

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AJ132334 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Collins MD, Lawson PA, Nikolaitchouk N, Falsen E. Luteococcus peritonei sp. nov., isolated from the human peritoneum. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2000; 50:179-181.

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

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 3 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.

Parent taxon: Luteococcus Tamura et al. 1994

Assigned by: Collins MD, Lawson PA, Nikolaitchouk N, Falsen E. Luteococcus peritonei sp. nov., isolated from the human peritoneum. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2000; 50:179-181.

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Record number: 777610