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Species Vagococcus fluvialis
Name: Vagococcus fluvialis Collins et al. 1990
Etymology: flu.vi.a’lis. L. masc. adj. fluvialis, belonging to a river
Type strain: ATCC 49515; CCUG 32704; CIP 102976; DSM 5731; LMG 9464; M-29C; NCDO 2497; NCFB 2497; NCIMB 13038
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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at
16S rRNA gene:
Y18098
Analyse
FASTA
Effective publication:
Collins MD, Ash C, Farrow JA, Wallbanks S, Williams AM. 16S ribosomal ribonucleic acid sequence analyses of lactococci and related taxa. Description of Vagococcus fluvialis gen. nov., sp. nov. J Appl Bacteriol 1989; 67:453-460. 
IJSEM list:
Anonymous. Validation list no. 33. Validation of publication of new names and new combinations previously effectively published outside the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1990; 40:212.
Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP
Taxonomic status: correct name (and explicitly recommended for medical use)
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Notes:
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🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Vagococcus Collins et al. 1990.
Publication:
Collins MD, Ash C, Farrow JA, Wallbanks S, Williams AM. 16S ribosomal ribonucleic acid sequence analyses of lactococci and related taxa. Description of Vagococcus fluvialis gen. nov., sp. nov. J Appl Bacteriol 1989; 67:453-460.
- 😷 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 Swiss Confederation has been imported on 2024-02-01. The full classification is: risk group = 1. — The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 2, note = "ht". — The risk group for Taiwan has been imported on 2024-11-03. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "P650 = v". — 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 46 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 species itself.
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🧍 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 2022; 168:0.
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🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Vagococcus Collins et al. 1990.
Publication:
Collins MD, Ash C, Farrow JA, Wallbanks S, Williams AM. 16S ribosomal ribonucleic acid sequence analyses of lactococci and related taxa. Description of Vagococcus fluvialis gen. nov., sp. nov. J Appl Bacteriol 1989; 67:453-460.
Parent taxon: Vagococcus Collins et al. 1990
Assigned by:
Collins MD, Ash C, Farrow JA, Wallbanks S, Williams AM. 16S ribosomal ribonucleic acid sequence analyses of lactococci and related taxa. Description of Vagococcus fluvialis gen. nov., sp. nov. J Appl Bacteriol 1989; 67:453-460.
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Record number: 782940
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