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Species Enterococcus avium
Name: Enterococcus avium (ex Nowlan and Deibel 1967) Collins et al. 1984
Proposed as: sp. nov., nom. rev.
Etymology: a’vi.um. L. gen. fem. n. avis, bird; L. gen. fem. pl. n. avium, of birds
Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … A-wi-um, masculine
Type strain: ATCC 14025; CCUG 7983; CIP 103019; DSM 20679; Guthof E6844; JCM 8722; LMG 10744; NBIMCC 983; NBRC 100477; NCDO 2369; NCFB 2369; NCIMB 702369; NCTC 9938; VKM B-1673
See detailed strain information at
Conduct genome-based taxonomy at
16S rRNA gene:
AJ301825
Analyse
FASTA
Valid publication:
Collins MD, Jones D, Farrow JAE, Kilpper-Bälz R, Schleifer KH. Enterococcus avium nom. rev., comb. nov.; E. casseliflavus nom. rev., comb. nov.; E. durans nom. rev., comb. nov.; E. gallinarum comb. nov.; and E. malodoratus sp. nov. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1984; 34:220-223. 
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Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP
Taxonomic status: correct name (and explicitly recommended for medical use)
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Notes:
- 🧬 The phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is 0.04451 (N = 2).
- 😷 The risk group for Belgium has been imported on 2024-02-05. The full classification is: risk group = 2, note = "human pathogen". — The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 2, note = "Animal classification RG: 1 - Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No - Containment level: Containment Level 2". — The risk group for Swiss Confederation has been imported on 2024-02-01. The full classification is: risk group = 2. — The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 2. — The risk group for Taiwan has been imported on 2024-11-03. The full classification is: risk group = 2, note = "P650 = v". — 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.
- 🎓 Name mentioned 204 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.
- 🙆 This name is on the List of Recommended Names for bacteria of medical importance (LoRN) as the name to be applied to this species. The name is on LoRN because of the recorded risk group of the species itself.
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🧍 According to Bartlett et al. (2022), this species is an established human pathogen.
Publication:
Bartlett A, Padfield D, Lear L, Bendall R, Vos M. A comprehensive list of bacterial pathogens infecting humans. Microbiology (Reading) 2022; 168:0.
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🧍 Nom. rev. / basonym "Streptococcus avium".
Publication:
Nowlan SS, Deibel RH. Group Q streptococci. I. Ecology, serology, physiology, and relationship to established enterococci. J Bacteriol 1967; 94:291-296.
Parent taxon: Enterococcus (ex Thiercelin and Jouhaud 1903) Schleifer and Kilpper-Bälz 1984
Assigned by:
Collins MD, Jones D, Farrow JAE, Kilpper-Bälz R, Schleifer KH. Enterococcus avium nom. rev., comb. nov.; E. casseliflavus nom. rev., comb. nov.; E. durans nom. rev., comb. nov.; E. gallinarum comb. nov.; and E. malodoratus sp. nov. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1984; 34:220-223. 🇬🇧
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Record number: 775957
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