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Species Streptococcus equi
Name: Streptococcus equi Sand and Jensen 1888 (Approved Lists 1980)
Etymology: e’qui. L. gen. masc. n. equi, of a horse
Type strain: ATCC 33398; CCUG 23255; CIP 102910; DSM 20561; LMG 15886; NCTC 9682
See detailed strain information at
Conduct genome-based taxonomy at
16S rRNA gene:
EF406032
Analyse
FASTA
Effective publication: Sand G, Jensen CO. Die Aetiologie der Druse. Deutsche Zeitschrift für Tiermedizin und Vergleichende Pathologie 1888; 13:437-464.
IJSEM list:
Skerman VBD, McGowan V, Sneath PHA. Approved lists of bacterial names. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1980; 30:225-420. 
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 = "default: 1 animal pathogen - biological class of risk animal: 3; zooepidemicus: 1 animal pathogen - biological class of risk animal: 2". — The risk group for Swiss Confederation has been imported on 2024-02-01. The full classification is: risk group = 2. — 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 807 times in PubMed until 2024-03-28.
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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.
Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 3
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 3
Total number of child taxa: 3
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Child taxa:
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Name Nomenclatural status Taxonomic status Streptococcus equi subsp. equi (Sand and Jensen 1888) Farrow and Collins 1985 validly published under the ICNP correct name Streptococcus equi subsp. ruminatorum Fernández et al. 2004 validly published under the ICNP correct name Streptococcus equi subsp. zooepidemicus (ex Frost and Englebrecht 1936) Farrow and Collins 1985 validly published under the ICNP correct name
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Parent taxon: Streptococcus Rosenbach 1884 (Approved Lists 1980)
Assigned by: Sand G, Jensen CO. Die Aetiologie der Druse. Deutsche Zeitschrift für Tiermedizin und Vergleichende Pathologie 1888; 13:437-464.
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Record number: 781324
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