Name: Vitreoscilla stercoraria Pringsheim 1951 (Approved Lists 1980)

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: ster.co.ra’ri.a. L. fem. adj. stercoraria, of or belonging to dung

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … ster-ko-RA-ri-a, feminine

Type strain: ATCC 15218; DSM 513; LMG 7756

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: L06174 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Pringsheim EG. The Vitreoscillaceae; a family of colourless, gliding, filamentous organisms. J Gen Microbiol 1951; 5:124-149.

IJSEM list: Skerman VBD, McGowan V, Sneath PHA. Approved lists of bacterial names. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1980; 30:225-420.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Emendations:
  • Strohl et al. 1986 Strohl WR, Schmidt TM, Lawry NH, Mezzino MJ, Larkin JM. Characterization of Vitreoscilla beggiatoides and Vitreoscilla filiformis sp. nov., nom. rev., and comparison with Vitreoscilla stercoraria and Beggiatoa alba. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1986; 36:302-313. 🇺🇸

• Notes:
  • 😷 The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No". — 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 = 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 27 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.
  • 🧍 According to Ludwig et al. (2021), this "species affiliates away from its type species and may be reclassified as a new genus". Publication: Ludwig W, Viver T, Westram R, Francisco Gago J, Bustos-Caparros E, Knittel K, Amann R, Rossello-Mora R. Release LTP_12_2020, featuring a new ARB alignment and improved 16S rRNA tree for prokaryotic type strains. Syst Appl Microbiol 2021; 44:126218. 🇪🇸
  • 🧍 The genome of the type strain was sequenced as part of the GEBA (Genomic Encyclopedia of Bacteria and Archaea) project. Publication: Mukherjee S, Seshadri R, Varghese NJ, Eloe-Fadrosh EA, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Goker M, Coates RC, Hadjithomas M, Pavlopoulos GA, Paez-Espino D, et al. 1,003 reference genomes of bacterial and archaeal isolates expand coverage of the tree of life. Nat Biotechnol 2017; 35:676-683. 🇺🇸

Parent taxon: Vitreoscilla Pringsheim 1949 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Pringsheim EG. The Vitreoscillaceae; a family of colourless, gliding, filamentous organisms. J Gen Microbiol 1951; 5:124-149.

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