Name: Streptococcus iners subsp. hyiners Nicholson et al. 2025

Category: Subspecies

Proposed as: subsp. nov.

Etymology: hy’i.ners. Gr. masc./fem. n. hŷs, pig; L. adj. iners, inert, inactive; N.L. masc. adj. hyiners, inactive bacterium derived from or related to swine

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … HY-i-ners, masculine

Type strain: 29892; NCTC 14940; NRRL B-65676

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16S rRNA gene: OR652397 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Nicholson TL, Stuart KL, Bayles DO. Streptococcus suivaginalis sp. nov., Streptococcus iners sp. nov. and Streptococcus iners subsp. hyiners subsp. nov. isolated from pigs. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2025; 75:6631. 🇺🇸

IJSEM list: Oren A, Göker M. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 75, part 1 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2025; 75:6689.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

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

• Notes:
  • 🧬 The phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is 0.20481 (N = 3).
  • 🙆 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 genus.

Parent taxon: Streptococcus iners Nicholson et al. 2025

Assigned by: Nicholson TL, Stuart KL, Bayles DO. Streptococcus suivaginalis sp. nov., Streptococcus iners sp. nov. and Streptococcus iners subsp. hyiners subsp. nov. isolated from pigs. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2025; 75:6631. 🇺🇸

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Record number: 56846