Name: "Schleiferella indolica" (Christiansen 1934) Rajendram et al. 2001

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: "Micrococcus indolicus" Christiansen 1934

Etymology: in.dol’i.ca. N.L. fem. adj. indolica, pertaining to indole, which is formed by the organism

Gender: feminine

Type strain: ATCC 29427; CCUG 17639; CCUG 46591; DSM 20464; NCTC 11088

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: D14147 Analyse FASTA

Original publication: Rajendram D, Shah HN, Gharbia SE, Murdoch DA. Reclassification of Peptostreptococcus asaccharolyticus (Distaso 1912) Ezaki, Yamamoto, Ninomiya, Suzuki and Yabuuchi 1983 as Schleiferella asaccharolytica comb. nov., Peptostreptococcus indolicus (Christiansen 1934) Ezaki, Yamamoto, Ninomiya, Suzuki and Yabuuchi 1983 as Schleiferella indolica comb. nov., Peptostreptococcus lacrimalis Li, Hashimoto, Adnan, Miura, Yamamoto and Ezaki 1992 as Schleiferella lacrimalis comb. nov. and Peptostreptococcus harei (Murdoch, Collins, Willems, Hardie, Young and Magee 1997) as Schleiferella harei comb. nov. Anaerobe 2001; 7:93-101.

Nomenclatural status: not validly published

Taxonomic status: synonym (and no standing)

Correct name: Peptoniphilus indolicus (Christiansen 1934) Ezaki et al. 2001

Risk group: 2

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    "Micrococcus indolicus" Christiansen 1934	homotypic synonym, not validly published, basonym of name in Approved Lists
    Peptostreptococcus indolicus (Christiansen 1934) Ezaki et al. 1983	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    Peptococcus indolicus (Christiansen 1934) Sorensen 1975 (Approved Lists 1980)	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    Peptoniphilus indolicus (Christiansen 1934) Ezaki et al. 2001	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • 😷 The risk group for Belgium has been imported on 2024-02-05. The full classification is: risk group = 2, note = "human and animal pathogen - biological class of risk animal: 2". — The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "Animal classification RG: 2 - Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No - Containment level: Containment Level 2".

Parent taxon: "Schleiferella" Rajendram et al. 2001

Assigned by: Rajendram D, Shah HN, Gharbia SE, Murdoch DA. Reclassification of Peptostreptococcus asaccharolyticus (Distaso 1912) Ezaki, Yamamoto, Ninomiya, Suzuki and Yabuuchi 1983 as Schleiferella asaccharolytica comb. nov., Peptostreptococcus indolicus (Christiansen 1934) Ezaki, Yamamoto, Ninomiya, Suzuki and Yabuuchi 1983 as Schleiferella indolica comb. nov., Peptostreptococcus lacrimalis Li, Hashimoto, Adnan, Miura, Yamamoto and Ezaki 1992 as Schleiferella lacrimalis comb. nov. and Peptostreptococcus harei (Murdoch, Collins, Willems, Hardie, Young and Magee 1997) as Schleiferella harei comb. nov. Anaerobe 2001; 7:93-101.

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Record number: 801334