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 (and explicitly recommended for medical use)

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1. — 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 3 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 pathogenicity 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. 🇬🇧

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