Species Streptococcus troglodytae

Name: Streptococcus troglodytae Okamoto et al. 2013

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: tro.glo’dy.tae. Gr. masc. n. Trôglodytês, one who creeps into holes and also the specific epithet of the common chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes); N.L. gen. masc. n. troglodytae, of/from Pan troglodytes

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: strep-to-KOK-kus tro-GLO-dy-ta͡e, masculine

Type strain: DSM 25324; JCM 18038; TKU 31

16S rRNA gene: AB679299 Analysetree FASTA download

Valid publication: Okamoto M, Imai S, Miyanohara M, Saito W, Momoi Y, Abo T, Nomura Y, Ikawa T, Ogawa T, Miyabe-Nishiwaki T, et al. Streptococcus troglodytae sp. nov., from the chimpanzee oral cavity. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:418-422. 🇯🇵

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 63, part 2 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:1581-1583.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

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

Risk group: 1

Parent taxon: Streptococcus Rosenbach 1884 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Okamoto M, Imai S, Miyanohara M, Saito W, Momoi Y, Abo T, Nomura Y, Ikawa T, Ogawa T, Miyabe-Nishiwaki T, et al. Streptococcus troglodytae sp. nov., from the chimpanzee oral cavity. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:418-422. 🇯🇵

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Record number: 790500

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