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Species Streptococcus australis
Name: Streptococcus australis Willcox et al. 2001
Etymology: aus.tra’lis. L. masc. adj. australis, of the south, southern, relating to the region in which the organism was isolated
Type strain: AI-1; ATCC 700641; CCUG 45919; CIP 107167; DSM 15627; NCTC 13166
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16S rRNA gene:
AF184974
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FASTA
Valid publication:
Willcox MD, Zhu H, Knox KW. Streptococcus australis sp. nov., a novel oral streptococcus. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2001; 51:1277-1281. 
IJSEM list:
Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 51, part 4 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2001; 51:1621-1623.
Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP
Taxonomic status: correct name (and explicitly recommended for medical use)
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Notes:
- 📧 The e-mail address of the corresponding author given in the effective publication is not functional any more.
- 🧬 The phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is 0.07733 (N = 3).
- 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "+". — 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 26 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 pathogenicity of the species itself.
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🧍 According to Bartlett et al. (2022), this species is a putative 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.
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🧍 The specific epithet australis is a Latin adjective not a Latin noun in the genitive case as cited by Willcox et al. 2001.
Publication:
Euzeby JP. List of Bacterial Names with Standing in Nomenclature: a folder available on the Internet. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1997; 47:590-592.
Parent taxon: Streptococcus Rosenbach 1884 (Approved Lists 1980)
Assigned by:
Willcox MD, Zhu H, Knox KW. Streptococcus australis sp. nov., a novel oral streptococcus. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2001; 51:1277-1281.
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Record number: 781300
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