Species ***Streptococcus* *salivarius***

Name: Streptococcus salivarius Andrewes and Horder 1906 (Approved Lists 1980)

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: sa.li.va’ri.us. L. masc. adj. salivarius, slimy, salivary

Gender: masculine

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

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: X58320 Analyse 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

Risk group: 2

Notes:
- The full TRBA 466 classification is: risk group = 2, note = "TA".

Subdivision:

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

Child taxa:

Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
Streptococcus salivarius subsp. thermophilus (Orla-Jensen 1919) Farrow and Collins 1984	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
Streptococcus salivarius subsp. salivarius (Andrewes and Horder 1906) Farrow and Collins 1984	validly published under the ICNP	correct name

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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Species Streptococcus salivarius

Species ***Streptococcus* *salivarius***