Species ***Streptococcus* *castoreus***

Name: Streptococcus castoreus Lawson et al. 2005

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: cas.to’re.us. L. masc. adj. castoreus, pertaining to a beaver, from which the bacterium was originally isolated

Gender: masculine

Type strain: CCUG 48115; CIP 108205; DSM 17536; M605815/03/2

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AJ606047 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Lawson PA, Foster G, Falsen E, Markopoulos SJ, Collins MD. Streptococcus castoreus sp. nov., isolated from a beaver (Castor fiber). Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2005; 55:843-846.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 55, part 2 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2005; 55:1399-1402.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

Notes:
- The phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is 0.19706 (N = 3).
- The genome of the type strain was sequenced as part of the GEBA (Genomic Encyclopedia of Bacteria and Archaea) project. Publication: Mukherjee S, Seshadri R, Varghese NJ, Eloe-Fadrosh EA, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Goker M, Coates RC, Hadjithomas M, Pavlopoulos GA, Paez-Espino D, et al. 1,003 reference genomes of bacterial and archaeal isolates expand coverage of the tree of life. Nat Biotechnol 2017; 35:676-683.
- The full TRBA 466 classification is: risk group = 1, note = "t+".

Parent taxon: Streptococcus Rosenbach 1884 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Lawson PA, Foster G, Falsen E, Markopoulos SJ, Collins MD. Streptococcus castoreus sp. nov., isolated from a beaver (Castor fiber). Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2005; 55:843-846.

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Species Streptococcus castoreus

Species ***Streptococcus* *castoreus***