Name:Streptococcusparasanguinis corrig. Whiley et al. 1990
Category: Species
Proposed as: sp. nov.
Etymology:Gr. prep.para, alongside of or near; L. gen. masc. n.sanguinis, of the blood, and also a specific epithet; N.L. gen. masc. n.parasanguinis, alongside of Streptococcus sanguinis, indicating the close similarity between the two species
Effective publication:
Whiley RA, Fraser HY, Douglas CW, Hardie JM, Williams AM, Collins MD. Streptococcus parasanguis sp. nov., an atypical viridans Streptococcus from human clinical specimens. FEMS Microbiol Lett 1990; 56:115-121.
IJSEM list:
Anonymous. Validation list no. 34. Validation of publication of new names and new combinations previously effectively published outside the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1990; 40:320-321.
Nomenclatural status:
validly published under the ICNP
🧬 The phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is 0.07650 (N = 3).
😷 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.
🎓 Name mentioned 147 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.
🧍 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.
🧍 Nom. corrig.: IJSB 47:909; Streptococcus parasanguis (sic).Publication:
Trüper HG, De' Clari L. Taxonomic note: Necessary correction of specific epithets formed as substantives (nouns) "in apposition". Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1997; 47:908-909.
🧍 The original spelling of the specific epithet, parasanguis (sic), has been corrected by Trüper and De' Clari 1997.Publication:
Trüper HG, De' Clari L. Taxonomic note: Necessary correction of specific epithets formed as substantives (nouns) "in apposition". Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1997; 47:908-909.