Species "Streptococcus anaerobius"

Name: "Streptococcus anaerobius" Natvig 1905

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: an.a.e.ro’bi.us. Gr. pref. an-, not (here: inseparable prefix); Gr. masc. n. aêr (gen. aeros), air; Gr. masc. n. bios, life; N.L. masc. adj. anaerobius, not living in air, anaerobic

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … an-a-e-RO-bi-us, masculine

Nomenclatural type: ATCC 27337; CCUG 7835; CIP 104411; DSM 2949; LMG 15865; NCTC 11460

16S rRNA gene: D14150 Analyse FASTA

Original publication: Natvig H. Bakteriologische Verhältnisse in Weiblichen Genitalsekreten. Archiv für Gynäkologie (Berlin) 1905; 76:701-858.

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

Taxonomic status: synonym (and no standing)

Correct name: Peptostreptococcus anaerobius (Natvig 1905) Kluyver and van Niel 1936 (Approved Lists 1980)

Risk group: 2

Parent taxon: Streptococcus Rosenbach 1884 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Natvig H. Bakteriologische Verhältnisse in Weiblichen Genitalsekreten. Archiv für Gynäkologie (Berlin) 1905; 76:701-858.

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Record number: 4200
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