Name: Peptostreptococcus barnesae Schiefer-Ullrich and Andreesen 1986

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: bar’nes.ae. N.L. gen. fem. n. barnesae, of Barnes, named after E.M. Barnes, a microbiologist

Gender: masculine

Type strain: ATCC 49795; DSM 3244; HKB-5

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16S rRNA gene: AB038361 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Schiefer-Ullrich H, Andreesen JR. Peptostreptococcus barnesae sp. nov., a gram-positive, anaerobic, obligately purine utilizing coccus from chicken feces. Arch. Microbiol. 1985; 143:26-31.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Validation list no. 20. Validation of publication of new names and new combinations previously effectively published outside the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1986; 36:354-356.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Gallicola barnesae (Schiefer-Ullrich and Andreesen 1986) Ezaki et al. 2001

Risk group: 2

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Gallicola barnesae (Schiefer-Ullrich and Andreesen 1986) Ezaki et al. 2001	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • ❗ Peptostreptococcus barnesae is the correct name instead if this species is regarded as a separate species (i.e., if its nomenclatural type is not assigned to another species whose name is validly published, legitimate and not rejected and has priority) within a separate genus Peptostreptococcus.
  • 😷 The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 2, note = "Animal classification RG: 1 - Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No - Containment level: Containment Level 2". — The risk group for Swiss Confederation has been imported on 2024-02-01. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "PIIC". — The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "+".
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 0 times in PubMed until 2024-03-28.

Parent taxon: Peptostreptococcus Kluyver and van Niel 1936 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Schiefer-Ullrich H, Andreesen JR. Peptostreptococcus barnesae sp. nov., a gram-positive, anaerobic, obligately purine utilizing coccus from chicken feces. Arch. Microbiol. 1985; 143:26-31.

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Record number: 779380