Species ***Streptococcus* *urinalis***

Name: Streptococcus urinalis Collins et al. 2000

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: u.ri.na’lis. L. masc. adj. urinalis, pertaining to urine

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: strep-to-KOK-kus u-ri-NA-lis, masculine

Type strain: 2285-97; CCUG 41590; CIP 106463; DSM 16830; NCTC 13766

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AJ131965 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Collins MD, Hutson RA, Falsen E, Nikolaitchouk N, LaClaire L, Facklam RR. An unusual Streptococcus from human urine, Streptococcus urinalis sp. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2000; 50:1173-1178. 🇺🇸

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 50, part 3 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2000; 50:1419-1420.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

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

Risk group: 2

Notes:
- 😷 The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 2, note = "Animal classification RG: 1 - Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No - Containment level: Containment Level 2". — The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "+". — 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 6 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 risk group of the species itself.
- 🧍 According to Bartlett et al. (2022), this species is a putative 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 specific epithet is a Latin adjective (urinalis is e) not a neo-Latin adjective as cited in the paper by Collins et al. 2000. Publication: Euzeby JP. List of Bacterial Names with Standing in Nomenclature: a folder available on the Internet. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1997; 47:590-592. 🇫🇷

Parent taxon: Streptococcus Rosenbach 1884 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Collins MD, Hutson RA, Falsen E, Nikolaitchouk N, LaClaire L, Facklam RR. An unusual Streptococcus from human urine, Streptococcus urinalis sp. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2000; 50:1173-1178. 🇺🇸

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Species Streptococcus urinalis

Species ***Streptococcus* *urinalis***