Species ***Streptococcus* *ferus***

Name: Streptococcus ferus (ex Coykendall 1977) Coykendall 1983

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov., nom. rev.

Etymology: fe’rus. L. masc. adj. ferus, wild (referring to wild rats from which the organism was isolated)

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: strep-to-KOK-kus FE-rus, masculine

Type strain: 8S1; ATCC 33477; CCUG 34784; CCUG 34834; CIP 103225; DSM 20646; HAMBI 1522; LMG 16520; NCTC 12278

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AJ420197 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Coykendall AL. Streptococcus sobrinus nom. rev. and Streptococcus ferus nom. rev.: habitat of these and other mutans streptococci. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1983; 33:883-885.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

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

Risk group: 1

Emendations:
- Baele et al. 2003 Baele M, Devriese LA, Vancanneyt M, Vaneechoutte M, Snauwaert C, Swings J, Haesebrouck F. Emended description of Streptococcus ferus isolated from pigs and rats. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2003; 53:143-146. 🇧🇪 Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 53, part 1 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2003; 53:629-630.
  Notes:
  - 📧 The e-mail address of the corresponding author given in the associated publication is not functional any more.

Notes:
- 🧬 The phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is 0.08959 (N = 3).
- 😷 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 2026-08-13. The full classification is: risk group = 1. — 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 17 times in PubMed until 2026-06-11.
- 🙆 This name is on the List of Recommended Names for bacteria of medical importance (LoRN) as the name to be applied to this species. The name is on LoRN because of the recorded risk group of the genus.
- 🧍 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. 🇺🇸

Parent taxon: Streptococcus Rosenbach 1884 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Coykendall AL. Streptococcus sobrinus nom. rev. and Streptococcus ferus nom. rev.: habitat of these and other mutans streptococci. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1983; 33:883-885.

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Species Streptococcus ferus

Species ***Streptococcus* *ferus***