Species ***Streptococcus* *pneumoniae***

Name: Streptococcus pneumoniae (Klein 1884) Chester 1901 (Approved Lists 1980)

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

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

Gender: masculine

Type strain: ATCC 33400; CCUG 28588; CIP 102911; DSM 20566; LMG 14545; NBIMCC 8789; NBRC 102642; NCTC 7465

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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

Risk group: 2

Synonyms:

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

Notes:
- 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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Species Streptococcus pneumoniae