Species Streptococcus rattus

Name: Streptococcus rattus Coykendall 1977 (Approved Lists 1980)

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Gender: masculine

Type strain: ATCC 19645; CCUG 27502; CCUG 27642; CIP 102509; DSM 20564; HAMBI 1518; LMG 14650

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16S rRNA gene: AJ420201 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Coykendall AL. Proposal to elevate the subspecies of Streptococcus mutans to species status, based on their molecular composition. International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology 1977; 27:26-30.

IJSEM list: Skerman VBD, McGowan V, Sneath PHA. Approved lists of bacterial names. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1980; 30:225-420.

Nomenclatural status: inaccurate spelling

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

Correct name: Streptococcus ratti corrig. Coykendall 1977 (Approved Lists 1980)

Risk group: 1

Synonyms:

Name	Kind
Streptococcus ratti corrig. Coykendall 1977 (Approved Lists 1980)	corrected spelling of name, validly published under the ICNP

Notes:
- 😷 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". — 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 68 times in PubMed until 2026-06-11.
- 🪓 Organisms assigned to this species have previously been classified as Streptococcus mutans Clarke 1924 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: Clarke JK. On the bacterial factor in the aetiology of dental caries. British Journal of Experimental Pathology 1924; 5:141-147. Skerman VBD, McGowan V, Sneath PHA. Approved lists of bacterial names. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1980; 30:225-420.
- 🙅 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.
- 🧍 Nom. corrig.: IJSB 47:909. Publication: Trüper HG, De' Clari L. Taxonomic note: Necessary correction of specific epithets formed as substantives (nouns) "in apposition". Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1997; 47:908-909. 🇩🇪

Parent taxon: Streptococcus Rosenbach 1884 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Coykendall AL. Proposal to elevate the subspecies of Streptococcus mutans to species status, based on their molecular composition. International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology 1977; 27:26-30.

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Species Streptococcus rattus