Name: Rothia nasimurium Collins et al. 2000

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: na.si.mu’ri.um. N.L. gen. masc. pl. n. nasimurium, of the nose of mice

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … na-si-MU-ri-um, feminine

Type strain: CCUG 35957; CIP 106912; DSM 15694; JCM 10909

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16S rRNA gene: AJ131121 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Collins MD, Hutson RA, Baverud V, Falsen E. Characterization of a Rothia-like organism from a mouse: description of Rothia nasimurium sp. nov. and reclassification of Stomatococcus mucilaginosus as Rothia mucilaginosa comb. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2000; 50:1247-1251. 🇬🇧

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 50, part 3 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2000; 50:1419-1420.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

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

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 😷 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 19 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.
  • 🙆 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: Rothia Georg and Brown 1967 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Collins MD, Hutson RA, Baverud V, Falsen E. Characterization of a Rothia-like organism from a mouse: description of Rothia nasimurium sp. nov. and reclassification of Stomatococcus mucilaginosus as Rothia mucilaginosa comb. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2000; 50:1247-1251. 🇬🇧

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Record number: 780596