Species ***Streptococcus* *thoraltensis***

Classification:

Bacteria Bacillati Bacillota Bacilli Lactobacillales Streptococcaceae Streptococcus Streptococcus thoraltensis

Name: Streptococcus thoraltensis Devriese et al. 1997

Category, proposed as: species, sp. nov.

Etymology: tho.ral.ten’sis. L. masc. adj. thoraltensis, from Thoraltum, Latin name of Torhout, the town where the strains were isolated

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: strep-to-KOK-kus t^ho-ral-TEN-sis, masculine

Type strain: ATCC 700865; CCUG 32906; CCUG 37868; CIP 105518; DSM 12221; LMG 13593; S69

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: Y09007 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Devriese LA, Pot B, Vandamme P, Kersters K, Collins MD, Alvarez N, Haesebrouck F, Hommez J. Streptococcus hyovaginalis sp. nov. and Streptococcus thoraltensis sp. nov., from the genital tract of sows. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1997; 47:1073-1077. 🇬🇧

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 47, part 4 of the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1998; 48:329-330.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name (and explicitly recommended for medical use)

Risk group: 1

Notes:
- 🧬 The phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is 0.10479 (N = 4).
- 😷 The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No". — The risk group for Swiss Confederation has been imported on 2024-02-01. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "PV?". — The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2026-08-13. The full classification is: risk group = 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 25 times in PubMed until 2026-06-11.
- 🙆 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 pathogenicity of the species itself.
- 🧍 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 (Reading) 2022; 168:0. 🇬🇧
- 🧍 The genome of the type strain was sequenced as part of the GEBA (Genomic Encyclopedia of Bacteria and Archaea) project. Publication: Mukherjee S, Seshadri R, Varghese NJ, Eloe-Fadrosh EA, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Goker M, Coates RC, Hadjithomas M, Pavlopoulos GA, Paez-Espino D, et al. 1,003 reference genomes of bacterial and archaeal isolates expand coverage of the tree of life. Nat Biotechnol 2017; 35:676-683. 🇺🇸

Parent taxon: Streptococcus Rosenbach 1884 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Devriese LA, Pot B, Vandamme P, Kersters K, Collins MD, Alvarez N, Haesebrouck F, Hommez J. Streptococcus hyovaginalis sp. nov. and Streptococcus thoraltensis sp. nov., from the genital tract of sows. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1997; 47:1073-1077. 🇬🇧

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