Species ***Streptococcus* *alactolyticus***

Name: Streptococcus alactolyticus Farrow et al. 1985

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: a.lac.to.ly.ti.cus. Gr. pref. a-, not (inseparable prefix); L. neut. n. lac (gen. lactis), milk; N.L. adj. lyticus -a -um, able to loose, able to dissolve; from Gr. adj. lytikos -ê -on, able to loosen, able to dissolve; N.L. masc. adj. alactolyticus, not milk digesting

Gender: masculine

Type strain: ATCC 43077; CCUG 27297; CIP 103244; DSM 20728; DSM 5199; HAMBI 1719; LMG 14808; NCDO 1091; NCFB 1091; NCIMB 701091

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16S rRNA gene: AF201899 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Farrow JAE, Kruze J, Phillips BA, Bramley AJ, Collins MD. Taxonomic studies on Streptococcus bovis and Streptococcus equinus: description of Streptococcus alactolyticus sp. nov. and Streptococcus saccharolyticus sp. nov. Syst. Appl. Microbiol. 1984; 5:467-482.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Validation list no. 17. Validation of publication of new names and new combinations previously effectively published outside the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1985; 35:223-225.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

Synonyms:

Name	Kind
Streptococcus intestinalis Robinson et al. 1988	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

Notes:
- According to Schlegel et al. (2003), this species is an earlier heterotypic synonym of Streptococcus intestinalis Robinson et al. 1988. Publication: Schlegel L, Grimont F, Ageron E, Grimont PA, Bouvet A. Reappraisal of the taxonomy of the Streptococcus bovis/Streptococcus equinus complex and related species: description of Streptococcus gallolyticus subsp. gallolyticus subsp. nov., S. gallolyticus subsp. macedonicus subsp. nov. and S. gallolyticus subsp. pasteurianus subsp. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2003; 53:631-645.
- 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.
- In Validation List no. 17, the reference is erroneously cited as "Syst. Appl. Microbiol., 1985 (sic), 5, 467-482". Publication: Anonymous. Validation list no. 17. Validation of publication of new names and new combinations previously effectively published outside the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1985; 35:223-225.
- Given the congruence between whole cell protein electrophoreis and percentage of DNA-DNA hybridization, these data suggest that Streptococcus alactolyticus Farrow et al. 1985 is an earlier synonym of Streptococcus intestinalis Robinson et al. 1988 [1, 3]. Publication: Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 49, part 2 of the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1999; 49:937-939.
- See also: Publication: Whiley RA, Kilian M. International Committee on Systematics of Prokaryotes Subcommittee on the taxonomy of staphylococci and streptococci. Minutes of the closed meeting, 31 July 2002, Paris, France. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol. 2003; 53:915-917.

Parent taxon: Streptococcus Rosenbach 1884 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Farrow JAE, Kruze J, Phillips BA, Bramley AJ, Collins MD. Taxonomic studies on Streptococcus bovis and Streptococcus equinus: description of Streptococcus alactolyticus sp. nov. and Streptococcus saccharolyticus sp. nov. Syst. Appl. Microbiol. 1984; 5:467-482.

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Species Streptococcus alactolyticus

Species ***Streptococcus* *alactolyticus***