Name: "Streptococcus halichoeri subsp. halichoeri" (Lawson et al. 2004) Shewmaker et al. 2016

Category: Subspecies

Proposed as: subsp. nov.

Basonym: Streptococcus halichoeri Lawson et al. 2004

Etymology: ha.lich.o’e.ri. N.L. gen. masc. n. halichoeri, of a seal of the genus Halichoerus, systematic genus name of the gray seal

Gender: masculine

Nomenclatural type: CCUG 48324; CCUG 48325; CIP 108195; DSM 17028; M512/02/1; SAC M512/02/1

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Original publication: Shewmaker PL, Whitney AM, Humrighouse BW. Phenotypic, Genotypic, and Antimicrobial Characteristics of Streptococcus halichoeri Isolates from Humans, Proposal To Rename Streptococcus halichoeri as Streptococcus halichoeri subsp. halichoeri, and Description of Streptococcus halichoeri subsp. hominis subsp. nov., a Bacterium Associated with Human Clinical Infections. J Clin Microbiol 2016; 54:739-744.

Nomenclatural status: not validly published

Taxonomic status: preferred name (not correct name)

Parent taxon: Streptococcus halichoeri Lawson et al. 2004

Assigned by: Shewmaker PL, Whitney AM, Humrighouse BW. Phenotypic, Genotypic, and Antimicrobial Characteristics of Streptococcus halichoeri Isolates from Humans, Proposal To Rename Streptococcus halichoeri as Streptococcus halichoeri subsp. halichoeri, and Description of Streptococcus halichoeri subsp. hominis subsp. nov., a Bacterium Associated with Human Clinical Infections. J Clin Microbiol 2016; 54:739-744.

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Record number: 13669