Species Streptococcus hepaticus

Name: Streptococcus hepaticus Kirchner et al. 2025

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: he.pa’ti.cus. L. masc. adj. hepaticus, of the liver, from which the bacterium was first isolated; from Gr. masc. adj. hêpatikos, the liver

Gender: masculine

Type strain: 20-1249

16S rRNA gene: OR166132 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Kirchner MJ, Loy D, Williamson S, Whatmore AM. Streptococcus hepaticus sp. nov. isolated from the liver of domestic pigs (Sus scrofa domesticus). Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2025; 75:6776.

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: Kirchner MJ, Loy D, Williamson S, Whatmore AM. Streptococcus hepaticus sp. nov. isolated from the liver of domestic pigs (Sus scrofa domesticus). Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2025; 75:6776.

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Record number: 65310
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