Name: Vagococcus fessus Hoyles et al. 2000

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: fes.sus. L. masc. adj. fessus, weary, pertaining to the general biochemical unreactivity of the organism

Gender: masculine

Type strain: ATCC BAA-289; CCUG 41755; CIP 106499; DSM 15697; M2661/98/1

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16S rRNA gene: AJ243326 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Hoyles L, Lawson PA, Foster G, Falsen E, Ohlen M, Grainger JM, Collins MD. Vagococcus fessus sp. nov., isolated from a seal and a harbour porpoise. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2000; 50:1151-1154.

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: 1

• Notes:
  • 😷 The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "Animal classification RG: 1 - Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No - Containment level: Containment Level 1". — 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 3 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.
  • 🙆 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: Hoyles L, Lawson PA, Foster G, Falsen E, Ohlen M, Grainger JM, Collins MD. Vagococcus fessus sp. nov., isolated from a seal and a harbour porpoise. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2000; 50:1151-1154.

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Record number: 782939