Species "Staphylococcus parvulus"

Name: "Staphylococcus parvulus" Veillon and Zuber 1898

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: sta-p^hy-lo-KOK-kus PAR-wu-lus, masculine

Nomenclatural type: ATCC 10790; CCUG 5123; DSM 2008; JCM 12972; NCTC 11810

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Original publication: Veillon A, Zuber A. Recherches sur quelques microbes strictement anaérobies et leur rôle en pathologie. Archives de Mèdecine Expérimentale et d'Anatomie Pathologique 1898; 10:517-545.

Nomenclatural status: not validly published, basonym of name in Approved Lists

Taxonomic status: synonym (and no standing)

Correct name: Veillonella parvula (Veillon and Zuber 1898) Prévot 1933 (Approved Lists 1980)

Risk group: 2

Synonyms:

Name	Kind
Veillonella parvula (Veillon and Zuber 1898) Prévot 1933 (Approved Lists 1980)	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
Veillonella alcalescens Prévot 1933 (Approved Lists 1980)	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

Notes:
- ⏰ According to Heng et al. (2025), this species is not an earlier heterotypic synonym of Veillonella alcalescens Prévot 1933 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: Heng YC, Lee JKY, Silvaraju S, Kittelmann S. Description of Megasphaera jansseni sp. nov., a novel short- and medium-chain fatty acid-producing species isolated from faeces of a wild boar (Sus scrofa), and a taxonomic note on the family Veillonellaceae. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2025; 75:6937. 🇸🇬
- ⏰ According to Mays et al. (1982), this species is an earlier heterotypic synonym of Veillonella alcalescens Prévot 1933 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: Mays TD, Holdeman LV, Moore WEC, Rogosa M, Johnson JL. Taxonomy of the genus Veillonella Prévot. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1982; 32:28-36. 🇺🇸
- 😷 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 = 1, note = "Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No". — 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: Staphylococcus Rosenbach 1884 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Veillon A, Zuber A. Recherches sur quelques microbes strictement anaérobies et leur rôle en pathologie. Archives de Mèdecine Expérimentale et d'Anatomie Pathologique 1898; 10:517-545.

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Record number: 4207

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Species "Staphylococcus parvulus"