Name: Luteococcus sanguinis Collins et al. 2003

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: san’gui.nis. L. gen. masc. n. sanguinis, of blood

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … SAN-gu͡i-nis, masculine

Type strain: CCUG 33897; CIP 107216; DSM 17027; JCM 12371

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16S rRNA gene: AJ416758 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Collins MD, Hutson RA, Nikolaitchouk N, Nyberg A, Falsen E. Luteococcus sanguinis sp. nov., isolated from human blood. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2003; 53:1889-1891. 🇬🇧

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 53, part 6 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004; 54:309-311.

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, 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 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, Hutson RA, Nikolaitchouk N, Nyberg A, Falsen E. Luteococcus sanguinis sp. nov., isolated from human blood. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2003; 53:1889-1891. 🇬🇧

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Record number: 777611