Name: Streptococcus equi subsp. zooepidemicus (ex Frost and Englebrecht 1936) Farrow and Collins 1985

Category: Subspecies

Proposed as: subsp. nov., nom. rev.

Etymology: Gr. n. zoon, an animal; Gr. adj. epidemios, among the people, prevalent, epidemic; Gr. masc. adj. suff. -icus, suffix used with various meanings; N.L. masc. adj. zooepidemicus, prevalent among animals

Gender: masculine

Type strain: ATCC 43079; CCUG 23256; CIP 103228; DSM 20727; LMG 16030; NCDO 1358; NCFB 1358; NCIMB 701358; NCTC 4676

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: EF151157 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Farrow JAE, Collins MD. Taxonomic studies on streptococci of serological groups C, G and L and possibly related taxa. Syst. Appl. Microbiol. 1984; 5:483-493.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Validation list no. 17. Validation of publication of new names and new combinations previously effectively published outside the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1985; 35:223-225.

Nomenclatural status: validly published

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 2

• Notes:
  • Nom. rev. / basonym "Streptococcus zooepidemicus".
  • In Validation List no. 17, the year of the effective publication is erroneously cited as 1985. Publication: Anonymous. Validation list no. 17. Validation of publication of new names and new combinations previously effectively published outside the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1985; 35:223-225.
  • The full TRBA 466 classification is: risk group = 2, note = "ht".

Parent taxon: Streptococcus equi Sand and Jensen 1888 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Farrow JAE, Collins MD. Taxonomic studies on streptococci of serological groups C, G and L and possibly related taxa. Syst. Appl. Microbiol. 1984; 5:483-493.

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