Subscribe to our newsletter
To receive updates from LPSN every few months, sign up to our mailing list.
Species Streptococcus sanguis
Name: Streptococcus sanguis White and Niven 1946 (Approved Lists 1980)
Type strain: ATCC 10556; CCUG 17826; CCUG 35770; CIP 55.128; DSM 20567; JCM 5708; LMG 14702; NCTC 7863; SK1
See detailed strain information at
Conduct genome-based taxonomy at
16S rRNA gene:
AB596946
Analyse
FASTA
Effective publication:
White JC, Niven CFJ. Streptococcus S.B.E.: A Streptococcus Associated with Subacute Bacterial Endocarditis. J Bacteriol 1946; 51:717-722. 
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
Correct name: Streptococcus sanguinis corrig. White and Niven 1946 (Approved Lists 1980)
-
Synonyms:
-
Name Kind Streptococcus sanguinis corrig. White and Niven 1946 (Approved Lists 1980) corrected spelling of name, validly published under the ICNP
-
-
Emendations:
-
Kilian et al. 1989
Kilian M, Mikkelsen L, Henrichsen J. Taxonomic study of viridans streptococci: description of Streptococcus gordonii sp. nov. and emended descriptions of Streptococcus sanguis (White and Niven 1946), Streptococcus oralis (Bridge and Sneath 1982), and Streptococcus mitis (Andrewes and Horder 1906). Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1989; 39:471-484.
-
Kilian et al. 1989
Kilian M, Mikkelsen L, Henrichsen J. Taxonomic study of viridans streptococci: description of Streptococcus gordonii sp. nov. and emended descriptions of Streptococcus sanguis (White and Niven 1946), Streptococcus oralis (Bridge and Sneath 1982), and Streptococcus mitis (Andrewes and Horder 1906). Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1989; 39:471-484.
-
Notes:
- 😷 The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 2, note = "default: 2 Animal classification RG: 1 - Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No - Containment level: Containment Level 2; type II: 1 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 1539 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.
-
🧍 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:
White JC, Niven CFJ. Streptococcus S.B.E.: A Streptococcus Associated with Subacute Bacterial Endocarditis. J Bacteriol 1946; 51:717-722.
Linking: To permanently link to this page, use https://lpsn.dsmz.de/species/streptococcus-sanguisLink copied to clipboard
Record number: 784993
This LPSN page was printed on 2025-04-21 04:39:51