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Species Streptococcus pneumoniae
Name: Streptococcus pneumoniae (Klein 1884) Chester 1901 (Approved Lists 1980)
Basonym: "Micrococcus pneumoniae" Klein 1884
Etymology: pneu.mo’ni.ae. from N.L. fem. n. pneumonia, disease of the lungs; N.L. gen. fem. n. pneumoniae, of pneumonia
Type strain: ATCC 33400; CCUG 28588; CIP 102911; DSM 20566; LMG 14545; NBIMCC 8789; NBRC 102642; NCTC 7465
See detailed strain information at
Conduct genome-based taxonomy at
16S rRNA gene:
AF003930
Analyse
FASTA
Effective publication: Chester FD. A Manual of Determinative Bacteriology. The MacMillan Co., New York, 1901.
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: correct name
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Synonyms:
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Name Kind "Micrococcus pneumoniae" Klein 1884 homotypic synonym, not validly published, basonym of name in Approved Lists "Staphylococcus pneumoniae" (Klein 1884) Cole and Pung 1977 homotypic synonym, not validly published
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Notes:
- 😷 The risk group for Belgium has been imported on 2024-02-05. The full classification is: risk group = 2, note = "human pathogen". — The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 2, note = "Animal classification RG: 2 - 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. — The risk group for France has been imported on 2024-08-30. The full classification is: risk group = 2, note = "T, V". — The risk group for Sweden has been imported on 2024-02-05. The full classification is: risk group = 2. — The risk group for Taiwan has been imported on 2024-11-03. The full classification is: risk group = 2, note = "P650 = v". — The risk group for United Kingdom has been imported on 2024-01-31. The full classification is: risk group = 2, note = "Toxigenic - Vaccine available". — The risk group for United States has been imported on 2024-02-09. 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 9999 times (maxed out) in PubMed until 2024-03-28.
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🧍 According to Bartlett et al. (2022), this species is an established human pathogen.
Publication:
Bartlett A, Padfield D, Lear L, Bendall R, Vos M. A comprehensive list of bacterial pathogens infecting humans. Microbiology 2022; 168:0.
Parent taxon: Streptococcus Rosenbach 1884 (Approved Lists 1980)
Assigned by: Chester FD. A Manual of Determinative Bacteriology. The MacMillan Co., New York, 1901.
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Record number: 781377
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