Name: Vagococcus lutrae Lawson et al. 1999

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: lu’trae. N.L. gen. fem. n. lutrae, of or pertaining to the common otter, Lutra lutra, the mammal from which the bacterium was isolated

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … LU-tra͡e, masculine

Type strain: ATCC 700839; CCUG 39187; CIP 106118; DSM 15741; M1134/97/1

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16S rRNA gene: Y17152 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Lawson PA, Foster G, Falsen E, Ohlen M, Collins MD. Vagococcus lutrae sp. nov., isolated from the common otter (Lutra lutra). Int J Syst Bacteriol 1999; 49:1251-1254. 🇬🇧

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 49, part 3 of the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1999; 49:1327-1328.

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 17 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 pathogenicity of the species itself.
  • 🧍 According to Bartlett et al. (2022), this species is a putative human pathogen. Publication: Bartlett A, Padfield D, Lear L, Bendall R, Vos M. A comprehensive list of bacterial pathogens infecting humans. Microbiology (Reading) 2022; 168:0. 🇬🇧

Parent taxon: Vagococcus Collins et al. 1990

Assigned by: Lawson PA, Foster G, Falsen E, Ohlen M, Collins MD. Vagococcus lutrae sp. nov., isolated from the common otter (Lutra lutra). Int J Syst Bacteriol 1999; 49:1251-1254. 🇬🇧

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Record number: 782941