Species ***Streptococcus* *orisratti***

Name: Streptococcus orisratti Zhu et al. 2000

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: o.ris.rat’ti. L. gen. neut. n. oris, of the mouth; N.L. gen. masc. n. ratti, of the rat; N.L. gen. neut. n. orisratti, of the mouth of the rat

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: strep-to-KOK-kus o-ris-RAT-ti, masculine

Type strain: A63; ATCC 700640; CCUG 43577; CIP 106965; DSM 15617

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AF124350 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Zhu H, Willcox MD, Knox KW. A new species of oral Streptococcus isolated from Sprague-Dawley rats, Streptococcus orisratti sp. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2000; 50:55-61. 🇦🇺

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 50, part 1 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2000; 50:425-426.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

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

Risk group: 1

Notes:
- 📧 The e-mail address of the corresponding author given in the effective publication is not functional any more.
- 🧬 The phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is 0.12145 (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 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 5 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. 🇺🇸

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 0
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 0
Total number of child taxa: 1

Child taxa:

Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
"Streptococcus orisratti subsp. futianensis" Wang et al. 2026	not validly published	preferred name

Parent taxon: Streptococcus Rosenbach 1884 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Zhu H, Willcox MD, Knox KW. A new species of oral Streptococcus isolated from Sprague-Dawley rats, Streptococcus orisratti sp. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2000; 50:55-61. 🇦🇺

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Species ***Streptococcus* *orisratti***