Species Streptococcus fermentans

Name: Streptococcus fermentans Zhou et al. 2025

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: fer.men’tans. L. masc. part. adj. fermentans, of fermenting multiple carbohydrates

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … fer-MEN-tans, masculine

Type strain: BJSWXB5TM5; GDMCC 1.4130; KCTC 25759

16S rRNA gene: OR794558 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Zhou Y, Zhao J, Ross P, Stanton C, Chen W, Yang B. Streptococcus wuxiensis sp. nov., Streptococcus jiangnanensis sp. nov. and Streptococcus fermentans sp. nov.: three novel species of genus Streptococcus isolated from human breast milk. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2025; 75:6674. 🇨🇳

IJSEM list: Oren A, Göker M. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 75, part 2 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2025; 75:6728.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

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

Parent taxon: Streptococcus Rosenbach 1884 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Zhou Y, Zhao J, Ross P, Stanton C, Chen W, Yang B. Streptococcus wuxiensis sp. nov., Streptococcus jiangnanensis sp. nov. and Streptococcus fermentans sp. nov.: three novel species of genus Streptococcus isolated from human breast milk. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2025; 75:6674. 🇨🇳

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Record number: 58011
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