Name: Streptococcus constellatus subsp. viborgensis Jensen et al. 2013

Category: Subspecies

Proposed as: subsp. nov.

Etymology: vi.bor.gen’sis. N.L. masc. adj. viborgensis, of or pertaining to the Danish town Viborg, where the isolates were collected

Pronunciation, gender: wi-bor-GEN-sis, masculine

Type strain: CCUG 62387; DSM 25819; NCTC 13787; SK1359

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16S rRNA gene: JN787160 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Jensen A, Hoshino T, Kilian M. Taxonomy of the Anginosus group of the genus Streptococcus and description of Streptococcus anginosus subsp. whileyi subsp. nov. and Streptococcus constellatus subsp. viborgensis subsp. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:2506-2519.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 63, part 7 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:3549-3550.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name (and explicitly recommended for medical use)

Risk group: 2

• Notes:
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 2. — 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.
  • 🙆 This name is on the List of Recommended Names for bacteria of medical importance (LoRN) as the name to be applied to this subspecies. The name is on LoRN because of the recorded risk group of the species itself.

Parent taxon: Streptococcus constellatus (Prévot 1924) Holdeman and Moore 1974 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Jensen A, Hoshino T, Kilian M. Taxonomy of the Anginosus group of the genus Streptococcus and description of Streptococcus anginosus subsp. whileyi subsp. nov. and Streptococcus constellatus subsp. viborgensis subsp. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:2506-2519.

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Record number: 790923