Name: Vagococcus acidifermentans Wang et al. 2011

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: a.ci.di.fer.men’tans. L. neut. adj. acidum, an acid; from L. masc. adj. acidus, sour; L. pres. part. fermentans, fermenting; N.L. masc. part. adj. acidifermentans, fermenting to an acid

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … a-ki-di-fer-MEN-tans, masculine

Type strain: AC-1; KCTC 13418; LMG 24798

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16S rRNA gene: FJ211190 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Wang L, Cui YS, Kwon CS, Lee ST, Lee JS, Im WT. Vagococcus acidifermentans sp. nov., isolated from an acidogenic fermentation bioreactor. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2011; 61:1123-1126. 🇰🇷

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 61, part 5 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2011; 61:1765-1766.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

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

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. 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 2 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.
  • 🙆 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 genus.

Parent taxon: Vagococcus Collins et al. 1990

Assigned by: Wang L, Cui YS, Kwon CS, Lee ST, Lee JS, Im WT. Vagococcus acidifermentans sp. nov., isolated from an acidogenic fermentation bioreactor. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2011; 61:1123-1126. 🇰🇷

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Record number: 789222