Name: Pediococcus damnosus Claussen 1903 (Approved Lists 1980)

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: dam.no’sus. L. masc. adj. damnosus, destructive

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: pe-di-o-KOK-kus dam-NO-sus, masculine

Type strain: ATCC 29358; Be.1; CCUG 32251; CIP 102264; DSM 20331; JCM 5886; LMG 11484; NBIMCC 8757; NCDO 1832; NCFB 1832; NCIB 12010; NCIMB 12010; VKM B-1602

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AJ318414 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Claussen NH. Études sur les bactéries dites sarcines et sur les maladies qu'elles provoquent dans la bière. Compte Rendu des Travaux du Laboratoire de Carlsberg 1903; 6:64-83.

IJSEM list: Skerman VBD, McGowan V, Sneath PHA. Approved lists of bacterial names. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1980; 30:225-420.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name (and explicitly recommended for medical use)

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Pediococcus Claussen 1903 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: Claussen NH. Études sur les bactéries dites sarcines et sur les maladies qu'elles provoquent dans la bière. Compte Rendu des Travaux du Laboratoire de Carlsberg 1903; 6:64-83.
  • 😷 The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "Animal classification RG: 1 - Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No - Containment level: Containment Level 1". — The risk group for Swiss Confederation has been imported on 2024-02-01. The full classification is: risk group = 1. — 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 62 times in PubMed until 2026-06-11.
  • 🙆 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 risk group of the genus.

Parent taxon: Pediococcus Claussen 1903 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Claussen NH. Études sur les bactéries dites sarcines et sur les maladies qu'elles provoquent dans la bière. Compte Rendu des Travaux du Laboratoire de Carlsberg 1903; 6:64-83.

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Record number: 779208