Species ***Streptococcus* *gallolyticus***

Name: Streptococcus gallolyticus Osawa et al. 1996

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: gal.lo.ly’ti.cus N.L. n. gallatum, gallate; N.L. adj. lyticus -a -um, able to loose, able to dissolve; from Gr. adj. lytikos -ê -on, able to loosen, able to dissolve; N.L. masc. adj. gallolyticus, gallate-digesting

Gender: masculine

Type strain: ACM 3611; CCUG 35224; CIP 105428; HDP 98035; JCM 10005; LMG 16802

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16S rRNA gene: KP001330 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Osawa R, Fujisawa T, Sly LL. Streptococcus gallolyticus sp. nov.; gallate degrading organisms formerly assigned to Streptococcus bovis. Syst. Appl. Microbiol. 1995; 18:74-78.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Validation list no. 56. Validation of publication of new names and new combinations previously effectively published outside the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1996; 46:362-363.

Nomenclatural status: validly published

Taxonomic status: correct name

Synonyms:

Name	Kind
Streptococcus caprinus Brooker et al. 1996	heterotypic synonym, validly published

Emendations:
- Chamkha et al. 2002 Chamkha M, Patel BK, Traore A, Garcia JL, Labat M. Isolation from a shea cake digester of a tannin-degrading Streptococcus gallolyticus strain that decarboxylates protocatechuic and hydroxycinnamic acids, and emendation of the species. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2002; 52:939-944. Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 52, part 3 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2002; 52:1077-1079.
  Notes:
  - In the paper by Chamkha et al. 2002, Streptococcus gallolyticus Osawa et al. 1996 is erroneously cited as Streptococcus gallolyticus Osawa et al. 1995.
- Schlegel et al. 2003 Schlegel L, Grimont F, Ageron E, Grimont PA, Bouvet A. Reappraisal of the taxonomy of the Streptococcus bovis/Streptococcus equinus complex and related species: description of Streptococcus gallolyticus subsp. gallolyticus subsp. nov., S. gallolyticus subsp. macedonicus subsp. nov. and S. gallolyticus subsp. pasteurianus subsp. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2003; 53:631-645. Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 53, part 3 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2003; 53:1221-1222.

Notes:
- According to Sly et al. (1997), this species is an earlier heterotypic synonym of Streptococcus caprinus Brooker et al. 1996. Publication: Sly LI, Cahill MM, Osawa R, Fujisawa T. The tannin-degrading species Streptococcus gallolyticus and Streptococcus caprinus are subjective synonyms. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1997; 47:893-894.

Subdivision:

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

Child taxa:

Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
Streptococcus gallolyticus subsp. macedonicus (Tsakalidou et al. 1998) Schlegel et al. 2003	validly published	correct name
Streptococcus gallolyticus subsp. gallolyticus (Osawa et al. 1996) Schlegel et al. 2003	validly published	correct name
Streptococcus gallolyticus subsp. pasteurianus (Poyart et al. 2002) Schlegel et al. 2003	validly published	correct name

Parent taxon: Streptococcus Rosenbach 1884 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Osawa R, Fujisawa T, Sly LL. Streptococcus gallolyticus sp. nov.; gallate degrading organisms formerly assigned to Streptococcus bovis. Syst. Appl. Microbiol. 1995; 18:74-78.

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Species Streptococcus gallolyticus

Species ***Streptococcus* *gallolyticus***