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Species Streptococcus dysgalactiae
Name: Streptococcus dysgalactiae (ex Diernhofer 1932) Garvie et al. 1983
Proposed as: sp. nov., nom. rev.
Etymology: Gr. pref. dys-, bad, hard (inseparable prefix); Gr. neut. n. gala (gen. galaktos), milk; N.L. fem. n. dysgalactia, loss or impairment of milk secretion; N.L. gen. fem. n. dysgalactiae, of dysgalactia
Type strain: ATCC 43078; CCUG 27301; CIP 102914; DSM 20662; LMG 15885; LMG 16023; NCDO 2023; NCFB 2023; NCIMB 702023; NCTC 13759
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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at
16S rRNA gene:
AB002485
Analyse
FASTA
Valid publication:
Garvie EI, Farrow JAE, Bramley AJ. Streptococcus dysgalactiae (Diernhofer) nom. rev. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1983; 33:404-405. 
Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP
Taxonomic status: correct name
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Notes:
- 😷 The risk group for Belgium has been imported on 2024-02-05. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "animal pathogen - biological class of risk animal: 2". — The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 2, note = "Animal classification RG: 2 - Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No - Containment level: Containment Level 2". — The risk group for Swiss Confederation has been imported on 2024-02-01. The full classification is: risk group = 2, note = "PV". — The risk group for Taiwan has been imported on 2024-11-03. The full classification is: risk group = 2, note = "P650 = v". — 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 908 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.
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🧍 According to Bartlett et al. (2022), this species is an established 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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🧍 In 1984, Farrow and Collins propose an emendation of Streptococcus dysgalactiae (ex Diernhofer 1932) Garvie et al. 1983. However, this proposal has not been validly published.
Publication:
Farrow JAE, Collins MD. Taxonomic studies on streptococci of serological groups C, G and L and possibly related taxa. Syst. Appl. Microbiol. 1984; 5:483-493.
Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 2
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 2
Total number of child taxa: 2
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Child taxa:
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Name Nomenclatural status Taxonomic status Streptococcus dysgalactiae subsp. dysgalactiae (Garvie et al. 1983 ex Diernhofer 1932) Vandamme et al. 1996 validly published under the ICNP correct name Streptococcus dysgalactiae subsp. equisimilis Vandamme et al. 1996 validly published under the ICNP correct name
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Parent taxon: Streptococcus Rosenbach 1884 (Approved Lists 1980)
Assigned by:
Garvie EI, Farrow JAE, Bramley AJ. Streptococcus dysgalactiae (Diernhofer) nom. rev. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1983; 33:404-405.
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Record number: 781320
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