Name: Veillonella alcalescens subsp. ratti Rogosa 1965 (Approved Lists 1980)

Category: Subspecies

Proposed as: subsp. nov.

Etymology: rat’ti. N.L. masc. n. Rattus, genus of rats; N.L. gen. masc. n. ratti, of the rat genus

Gender: feminine

Type strain: ATCC 17746; DSM 20736; NCTC 12019

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AF186071 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Rogosa M. The Genus Veillonella IV. Serological Groupings, and Genus and Species Emendations. J Bacteriol 1965; 90:704-709.

IJSEM list: Skerman VBD, McGowan V, Sneath PHA. Approved lists of bacterial names. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1980; 30:225-420.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Veillonella ratti (Rogosa 1965) Mays et al. 1982

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Veillonella ratti (Rogosa 1965) Mays et al. 1982	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP, distinct rank

• Notes:
  • ❗ Veillonella alcalescens subsp. ratti is the correct name instead if this subspecies is regarded as a separate subspecies (i.e., if its nomenclatural type is not assigned to another subspecies whose name is validly published, legitimate and not rejected and has priority) within a separate species Veillonella alcalescens within a separate genus Veillonella.
  • 😷 The risk group for Swiss Confederation has been imported on 2024-02-01. The full classification is: risk group = 1. — The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.

Parent taxon: Veillonella alcalescens Prévot 1933 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Rogosa M. The Genus Veillonella IV. Serological Groupings, and Genus and Species Emendations. J Bacteriol 1965; 90:704-709.

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Record number: 782956