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Species Streptococcus morbillorum
Name: Streptococcus morbillorum (Prévot 1933) Holdeman and Moore 1974 (Approved Lists 1980)
Basonym: "Diplococcus morbillorum" Prévot 1933
Etymology: mor.bil.lo’rum. N.L. gen. masc. pl. n. morbillorum, of measles, once considered to be associated with measles
Type strain: ATCC 27824; CCM 4942; CCUG 15561; CCUG 18164; CECT 991; CIP 81.10; DSM 20572; JCM 12968; LMG 18985; NCTC 11323; Prevot 2917B; Prévot 2917B; VPI 5424
Conduct genome-based taxonomy at
16S rRNA gene:
LC096237
Analyse
FASTA
Effective publication:
Holdeman LV, Moore WEC. New genus, Coprococcus, twelve new species, and emended descriptions of four previously described species of bacteria from human feces. International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology 1974; 24:260-277. 
IJSEM list:
Skerman VBD, McGowan V, Sneath PHA. Approved lists of bacterial names. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1980; 30:225-420.
Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP
Taxonomic status: synonym (and not recommended for medical use)
Correct name: Gemella morbillorum (Prévot 1933) Kilpper-Bälz and Schleifer 1988
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Synonyms:
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Name Kind "Diplococcus morbillorum" Prévot 1933 homotypic synonym, not validly published, basonym of name in Approved Lists Gemella morbillorum (Prévot 1933) Kilpper-Bälz and Schleifer 1988 homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP "Peptostreptococcus morbillorum" (Prévot 1933) Smith 1957 homotypic synonym, not validly published "Peptococcus morbillorum" (Prévot 1933) Holdeman and Moore 1972 homotypic synonym, not validly published
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Notes:
- ❗ Streptococcus morbillorum 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 = 2, note = "Animal classification RG: 1 - Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No - Containment level: Containment Level 2". — The risk group for Swiss Confederation has been imported on 2024-02-01. The full classification is: risk group = 2. — The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 2. — 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 28 times 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 species itself.
Parent taxon: Streptococcus Rosenbach 1884 (Approved Lists 1980)
Assigned by:
Holdeman LV, Moore WEC. New genus, Coprococcus, twelve new species, and emended descriptions of four previously described species of bacteria from human feces. International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology 1974; 24:260-277.
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Record number: 781362
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