Species "Okadaella gastrococcus"

Name: "Okadaella gastrococcus" Okada et al. 2003

Category, proposed as: species, sp. nov.

Etymology: gas.tro.coc’cus. N.L. masc. n. coccus, grain; N.L. masc. n. gastrococcus

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … gas-tro-KOK-kus, feminine

Nomenclatural type: ATCC BAA-2258; MT/JULY 2010; NBRC 107862; NCBI 948105; V10/022878

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16S rRNA gene: HQ699465 Analyse FASTA

Original publication: Okada T, Adkins G, Jones M, Searle J, McDougall R, Robson J, Bradley J. The presence of Okadaella gastrococcus in the gastric erosive ulcers. American Journal of Gastroenterology 2003; 98:43.

Nomenclatural status: not validly published

Taxonomic status: synonym (and no standing)

Correct name: Streptococcus mobilis Okada et al. 2026

Risk group: 2

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Streptococcus mobilis Okada et al. 2026	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus "Okadaella" Okada et al. 2003. Publication: Okada T, Adkins G, Jones M, Searle J, McDougall R, Robson J, Bradley J. The presence of Okadaella gastrococcus in the gastric erosive ulcers. American Journal of Gastroenterology 2003; 98:43.
  • 😷 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". — 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.
  • 🤦 This taxon lacks a discernible description (protologue).
  • 🧍 Okada and Adkins (2014) characterized this species as a gastric pathogen of humans. Publication: Okada T, Adkins G. Unidentified intralesional and intracellular coccoid microorganism discovered in the young man with a diffuse erosive gastroduodenitis and multiple superficial ulcerations. BMJ Case Rep 2014; 2014:0. 🇦🇺

Parent taxon: "Okadaella" Okada et al. 2003

Assigned by: Okada T, Adkins G, Jones M, Searle J, McDougall R, Robson J, Bradley J. The presence of Okadaella gastrococcus in the gastric erosive ulcers. American Journal of Gastroenterology 2003; 98:43.

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