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Species Streptococcus caledonicus

Name: Streptococcus caledonicus Foster et al. 2020

Category, proposed as: species, sp. nov.

Etymology: ca.le.do’ni.cus. N.L. masc. adj. caledonicus, from Caledonia (Scotland), the geographic area where the strains characterised were isolated

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: strep-to-KOK-kus ka-le-DO-ni-kus, masculine

Type strain: CCUG 73951; NCTC 14363; S784/96/1T

16S rRNA gene: MN482705 Analysetree FASTA download

Valid publication: Foster G, Kirchner M, Muchowski J, Duggett N, Randall L, Knight HI, Whatmore AM. Streptococcus caledonicus sp. nov., isolated from sheep. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:2611-2615. 🇬🇧

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 70, part 4 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:4050-4060.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name (and explicitly recommended for medical use)

Risk group: 2

  • Notes:
    • 😷 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 2 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.

Parent taxon: Streptococcus Rosenbach 1884 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Foster G, Kirchner M, Muchowski J, Duggett N, Randall L, Knight HI, Whatmore AM. Streptococcus caledonicus sp. nov., isolated from sheep. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:2611-2615. 🇬🇧

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Record number: 7322