Name: Streptococcus constellatus subsp. pharyngis Whiley et al. 1999
Etymology: pha.ryn’gis. Gr. masc./fem. n. pharynx, throat; from Gr. masc./fem. n. pharynx (gen. pharyngos), throat; N.L. gen. masc./fem. n. pharyngis, of the throat
Type strain: CCUG 46377; DSM 17475; MM9889a; NCTC 13122; Whiley MM9889a
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16S rRNA gene: JN787149 Analyse FASTA
Valid publication: Whiley RA, Hall LM, Hardie JM, Beighton D. A study of small-colony, beta-haemolytic, Lancefield group C streptococci within the anginosus group: description of Streptococcus constellatus subsp. pharyngis subsp. nov., associated with the human throat and pharyngitis. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1999; 49:1443-1449.
IJSEM list: Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 49, part 4 of the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 2000; 50:5-7.
Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP
Taxonomic status: correct name
Parent taxon: Streptococcus constellatus (Prévot 1924) Holdeman and Moore 1974 (Approved Lists 1980)
Assigned by: Whiley RA, Hall LM, Hardie JM, Beighton D. A study of small-colony, beta-haemolytic, Lancefield group C streptococci within the anginosus group: description of Streptococcus constellatus subsp. pharyngis subsp. nov., associated with the human throat and pharyngitis. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1999; 49:1443-1449.
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Record number: 781309