Name: Rothia terrae Chou et al. 2008

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: ter’rae. L. gen. fem. n. terrae, of the earth, referring to the organism being isolated from soil

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … TER-ra͡e, feminine

Type strain: BCRC 17588; DSM 22277; JCM 15158; L-143; LMG 23708

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: DQ822568 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Chou YJ, Chou JH, Lin KY, Lin MC, Wei YH, Arun AB, Young CC, Chen WM. Rothia terrae sp. nov. isolated from soil in Taiwan. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008; 58:84-88. 🇹🇼

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 58, part 1 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008; 58:747-748.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

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

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 😢 The terminology used by the authors is in line with many other taxonomic studies and does not negatively affect their main results; some improvements may nevertheless be possible. Contrasting the term "chemotaxonomic" with "phenotypic" is not recommended. Whether taxa can have "members" is debatable. See the LPSN phylogeny page for details. Publication: Göker M. What can genome analysis offer for bacteria? In: Bridge P, Smith D, Stackebrandt E (eds), Trends in the systematics of bacteria and fungi, CAB International, Wallingford, 2021, p. 255-281. 🇬🇧
  • 😷 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 6 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: Chou YJ, Chou JH, Lin KY, Lin MC, Wei YH, Arun AB, Young CC, Chen WM. Rothia terrae sp. nov. isolated from soil in Taiwan. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008; 58:84-88. 🇹🇼

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Record number: 787154