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Species Streptococcus salivarius
Name: Streptococcus salivarius Andrewes and Horder 1906 (Approved Lists 1980)
Etymology: sa.li.va’ri.us. L. masc. adj. salivarius, slimy, salivary
Type strain: ATCC 7073; CCUG 11878; CCUG 17825; CCUG 50207; CIP 102503; DSM 20560; HAMBI 1716; JCM 5707; LMG 11489; NCDO 1779; NCFB 1779; NCIMB 701779; NCTC 8618
Conduct genome-based taxonomy at
16S rRNA gene:
X58320
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FASTA
Effective publication: Andrewes FW, Horder TJ. A study of the streptococci pathogenic for man. Lancet 1906; 2:708-713.
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 (and explicitly recommended for medical use)
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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 = 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". — 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, note = "TA". — The risk group for Taiwan has been imported on 2024-11-03. The full classification is: risk group = 2, note = "P650 = v". — 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 1438 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.
- 🙆 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 species itself.
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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.
Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 2
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 2
Total number of child taxa: 2
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Child taxa:
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Name Nomenclatural status Taxonomic status Streptococcus salivarius subsp. salivarius (Andrewes and Horder 1906) Farrow and Collins 1984 validly published under the ICNP correct name Streptococcus salivarius subsp. thermophilus (Orla-Jensen 1919) Farrow and Collins 1984 validly published under the ICNP correct name
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Parent taxon: Streptococcus Rosenbach 1884 (Approved Lists 1980)
Assigned by: Andrewes FW, Horder TJ. A study of the streptococci pathogenic for man. Lancet 1906; 2:708-713.
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Record number: 781383
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