Name: "Peptostreptococcus morbillorum" (Prévot 1933) Smith 1957

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: "Diplococcus morbillorum" Prévot 1933

Etymology: mor.bil.lo’rum. L. masc. n. morbus, disease; N.L. masc. n. morbillus, little disease; N.L. gen. masc. n. morbilli, measles; N.L. gen. masc. pl. n. morbillorum, of measles

Gender: masculine

Nomenclatural type: ATCC 27824; CCM 4942; CCUG 15561; CCUG 18164; CECT 991; CIP 81.10; DSM 20572; JCM 12968; LMG 18985; NCTC 11323; Prevot 2917B; Prévot 2917B; VPI 5424

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: LC096237 Analyse FASTA

Original publication: Breed RS, Murray EG, Smith NR. Bergey’s Manual of Determinative Bacteriology, 7th ed. Williams and Wilkins, Baltimore, 1957.

Nomenclatural status: not validly published

Taxonomic status: synonym (and no standing)

Correct name: Gemella morbillorum (Prévot 1933) Kilpper-Bälz and Schleifer 1988

Risk group: 2

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    "Diplococcus morbillorum" Prévot 1933	homotypic synonym, not validly published, basonym of name in Approved Lists
    Streptococcus morbillorum (Prévot 1933) Holdeman and Moore 1974 (Approved Lists 1980)	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    Gemella morbillorum (Prévot 1933) Kilpper-Bälz and Schleifer 1988	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    "Peptococcus morbillorum" (Prévot 1933) Holdeman and Moore 1972	homotypic synonym, not validly published

• Notes:
  • ✏ The authority of the taxon name (Smith) deliberately differs from the authors of the publication (Breed et al.).
  • 😷 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". — 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.

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

Assigned by: Breed RS, Murray EG, Smith NR. Bergey’s Manual of Determinative Bacteriology, 7th ed. Williams and Wilkins, Baltimore, 1957.

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Record number: 57973