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Species Streptococcus sinensis
Name: Streptococcus sinensis Woo et al. 2002
Etymology: sin.en’sis. M.L. fem. pl. n. Sinae, of China; N.L. masc. adj. sinensis, pertaining to China, the country where the bacterium was isolated
Type strain: CCUG 48363; CCUG 48488; DSM 14990; HKU4; LMG 21517
See detailed strain information at
Conduct genome-based taxonomy at
16S rRNA gene:
MK330591
Analyse
FASTA
Effective publication:
Woo PC, Tam DM, Leung KW, Lau SK, Teng JL, Wong MK, Yuen KY. Streptococcus sinensis sp. nov., a novel species isolated from a patient with infective endocarditis. J Clin Microbiol 2002; 40:805-810. 
IJSEM list:
Anonymous. Validation list no. 87. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2002; 52:1437-1438.
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 Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 2. — 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 20 times in PubMed until 2024-03-28.
- 🙆 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.
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🧍 The type strain LMG 21517 has been provided by P. Woo in a personal communication to the List Editor.
Publication:
Anonymous. Validation list no. 87. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2002; 52:1437-1438.
Parent taxon: Streptococcus Rosenbach 1884 (Approved Lists 1980)
Assigned by:
Woo PC, Tam DM, Leung KW, Lau SK, Teng JL, Wong MK, Yuen KY. Streptococcus sinensis sp. nov., a novel species isolated from a patient with infective endocarditis. J Clin Microbiol 2002; 40:805-810.
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Record number: 781386
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