Etymology:a.zi’zi.i.N.L. gen. masc. n.azizii, named in honor of Aziz Toma, a contemporary American microbiologist who provided many years of invaluable support to the Laboratory of Comparative Pathology at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center and Weill Cornell Medicine
Valid publication:
Shewmaker PL, Whitney AM, Gulvik CA, Lipman NS. Streptococcus azizii sp. nov., isolated from naive weanling mice. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:5032-5037. 🇺🇸
IJSEM list:
Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 67, part 12 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2018; 68:695-697.
Nomenclatural status:
validly published under the ICNP
Taxonomic status:
correct name (and explicitly recommended for medical use)
😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2026-08-13. The full classification is: risk group = 2, note = "t". — 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 8 times in PubMed until 2026-06-11.
🙆 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 risk group of the species itself.