Species ***Streptococcus* *downei***

Name: Streptococcus downei Whiley et al. 1988

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: dow’ne.i. N.L. gen. masc. n. downei, of Downe, the village in Kent, United Kingdom, where the type strain was isolated

Gender: masculine

Type strain: ATCC 33748; CCUG 24890; CIP 103222; DSM 5635; LMG 14514; MFe28; NCTC 11391

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16S rRNA gene: MK330565 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Whiley RA, Russell RRB, Hardie JM, Beighton D. Streptococcus downei sp. nov. for strains previously described as Streptococcus mutans serotype h. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1988; 38:25-29.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

Notes:
- 😷 The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No". — The risk group for Swiss Confederation has been imported on 2024-02-01. The full classification is: risk group = 1. — The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
- 🎓 Name mentioned 46 times in PubMed until 2024-03-28.
- 🧍 Formerly Streptococcus mutans serotype h. Publication: Clarke JK. On the bacterial factor in the aetiology of dental caries. British Journal of Experimental Pathology 1924; 5:141-147.

Parent taxon: Streptococcus Rosenbach 1884 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Whiley RA, Russell RRB, Hardie JM, Beighton D. Streptococcus downei sp. nov. for strains previously described as Streptococcus mutans serotype h. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1988; 38:25-29.

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Species Streptococcus downei

Species ***Streptococcus* *downei***