Name: Vagococcus humatus Sundararaman et al. 2017

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: hu.ma’tus. L. masc. part. adj. humatus, buried

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: wa-go-KOK-kus hu-MA-tus, masculine

Type strain: C25; JCM 31581; KEMB 562-002

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16S rRNA gene: KX247009 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Sundararaman A, Srinivasan S, Lee SS. Vagococcus humatus sp. nov., isolated from soil beneath a decomposing pig carcass. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:330-335. 🇰🇷

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 67, part 2 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:1099-1101.

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 2026-08-13. 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 1 time 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 genus.

Parent taxon: Vagococcus Collins et al. 1990

Assigned by: Sundararaman A, Srinivasan S, Lee SS. Vagococcus humatus sp. nov., isolated from soil beneath a decomposing pig carcass. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:330-335. 🇰🇷

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