Name: Rothia mucilaginosa (Bergan and Kocur 1982 ex Migula 1900) Collins et al. 2000

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: Stomatococcus mucilaginosus (ex Migula 1900) Bergan and Kocur 1982

Etymology: mu.ci.la.gi.no’sa. N.L. fem. adj. mucilaginosa, forming slimy colonies

Gender: feminine

Type strain: ATCC 25296; CCM 2417; CCUG 20962; CIP 71.14; DSM 20746; IFO 15673; JCM 10910; NBRC 15673; NCTC 10663

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: X87758 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Collins MD, Hutson RA, Baverud V, Falsen E. Characterization of a Rothia-like organism from a mouse: description of Rothia nasimurium sp. nov. and reclassification of Stomatococcus mucilaginosus as Rothia mucilaginosa comb. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2000; 50:1247-1251.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 50, part 3 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2000; 50:1419-1420.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 2

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Stomatococcus mucilaginosus (ex Migula 1900) Bergan and Kocur 1982	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Emendations:
  • Nouioui et al. 2018 Nouioui I, Carro L, Garcia-Lopez M, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Woyke T, Kyrpides NC, Pukall R, Klenk HP, Goodfellow M, Goker M. Genome-Based Taxonomic Classification of the Phylum Actinobacteria. Front Microbiol 2018; 9:2007. Oren A, Garrity GM. List of changes in taxonomic opinion no. 29. Notification of changes in taxonomic opinion previously published outside the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2019; 69:13-32.

• Notes:
  • 😷 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 Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 2.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 184 times in PubMed until 2024-03-28.
  • 🧍 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 2022; 168:0.

Parent taxon: Rothia Georg and Brown 1967 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Collins MD, Hutson RA, Baverud V, Falsen E. Characterization of a Rothia-like organism from a mouse: description of Rothia nasimurium sp. nov. and reclassification of Stomatococcus mucilaginosus as Rothia mucilaginosa comb. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2000; 50:1247-1251.

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