Name: Vagococcus fluvialis Collins et al. 1990

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: flu.vi.a’lis. L. masc./fem. adj. fluvialis, belonging to a river

Gender: masculine

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

Risk group: 2

• Notes:
  • 🥇 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".
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 46 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.
  • 🧍 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.

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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