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 = "+". — 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 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