Species Streptococcus intestinalis

Name: Streptococcus intestinalis Robinson et al. 1988

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: in.tes.ti.na’lis. L. neut. adj. intestinum, intestine; L. masc./fem. adj. suff. -alis, suffix denoting pertaining to; N.L. masc. adj. intestinalis, pertaining to intestines

Gender: masculine

Type strain: 76-84-1; ATCC 43492; CCUG 27640; LMG 14906

16S rRNA gene: AB002519 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Robinson IM, Stromley JM, Varel VH, Cato EP. Streptococcus intestinalis, a new species from the colons and feces of pigs. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1988; 38:245-248.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: synonym (and not recommended for medical use)

Correct name: Streptococcus alactolyticus Farrow et al. 1985

Risk group: 1

Synonyms:

Name	Kind
Streptococcus alactolyticus Farrow et al. 1985	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

Notes:
- ⏲ According to Schlegel et al. (2003), this species is a later heterotypic synonym of Streptococcus alactolyticus Farrow et al. 1985. Publication: 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.
- ❗ Streptococcus intestinalis is the correct name instead if this species is regarded as a separate species (i.e., if its nomenclatural type is not assigned to another species whose name is validly published, legitimate and not rejected and has priority) within a separate genus Streptococcus.
- 😷 The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "Animal classification RG: 1 - Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No - Containment level: Containment Level 1". — 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 2023-10-29. 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 1 time in PubMed until 2025-06-04.
- 🙅 This name is on the List of Recommended Names for bacteria of medical importance (LoRN) as a synonym of the name to be applied to this species. The name is on LoRN because of the recorded risk group of the genus.
- 🧍 Given the congruence between whole cell protein electrophoreis and percentage of DNA-DNA hybridization, these data suggest that Streptococcus alactolyticus Farrow et al. 1985 is an earlier synonym of Streptococcus intestinalis Robinson et al. 1988 [1, 3]. Publication: Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 49, part 2 of the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1999; 49:937-939.
- 🧍 See also: Publication: Whiley RA, Kilian M. International Committee on Systematics of Prokaryotes Subcommittee on the taxonomy of staphylococci and streptococci. Minutes of the closed meeting, 31 July 2002, Paris, France. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol. 2003; 53:915-917.

Parent taxon: Streptococcus Rosenbach 1884 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Robinson IM, Stromley JM, Varel VH, Cato EP. Streptococcus intestinalis, a new species from the colons and feces of pigs. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1988; 38:245-248.

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Species Streptococcus intestinalis