Name: Peptostreptococcus prevotii (Foubert and Douglas 1948) Ezaki et al. 1983

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: "Micrococcus prevotii" Foubert and Douglas 1948

Etymology: pre.vot’i.i. N.L. gen. masc. n. prevotii, of Prévot, named after A.R. Prévot, a French microbiologist

Gender: masculine

Type strain: ATCC 9321; CCUG 41932; CIP 105881; DSM 20548; JCM 6508; NCTC 11806

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16S rRNA gene: AB971807 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Ezaki T, Yamamoto N, Ninomiya K, Suzuki S, Yabuuchi E. Transfer of Peptococcus indolicus, Peptococcus asaccharolyticus, Peptococcus prevotii, and Peptococcus magnus to the genus Peptostreptococcus and proposal of Peptostreptococcus tetradius sp. nov. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1983; 33:683-698.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Anaerococcus prevotii (Foubert and Douglas 1948) Ezaki et al. 2001

Risk group: 2

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Peptococcus prevotii (Foubert and Douglas 1948) Douglas 1957 (Approved Lists 1980)	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    "Micrococcus prevotii" Foubert and Douglas 1948	homotypic synonym, not validly published, basonym of name in Approved Lists
    Anaerococcus prevotii (Foubert and Douglas 1948) Ezaki et al. 2001	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • ❗ Peptostreptococcus prevotii 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 Belgium has been imported on 2024-02-05. The full classification is: risk group = 2, note = "human pathogen". — 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 = 2. — The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 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.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 28 times in PubMed until 2024-03-28.
  • 🧍 According to Bartlett et al. (2022), this species is an established human pathogen. Publication: Bartlett A, Padfield D, Lear L, Bendall R, Vos M. A comprehensive list of bacterial pathogens infecting humans. Microbiology 2022; 168:0.

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

Assigned by: Ezaki T, Yamamoto N, Ninomiya K, Suzuki S, Yabuuchi E. Transfer of Peptococcus indolicus, Peptococcus asaccharolyticus, Peptococcus prevotii, and Peptococcus magnus to the genus Peptostreptococcus and proposal of Peptostreptococcus tetradius sp. nov. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1983; 33:683-698.

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Record number: 779392