Taxon DOI

10.1601/tx.11058

Name

Streptococcus equi Sand and Jensen 1888 (Approved Lists 1980)

Taxonomic Rank

species

Methodology

Nomenclatural Taxonomy [1980-2022]

Incertae sedis taxa are placed using SOSCC (Garrity and Lilburn 2008)

Parent

Taxon Record	Name Record
genus	Streptococcus Rosenbach 1884 emend. Deibel and Seeley 1974 (Approved Lists 1980)

Members

subspecies	Streptococcus equi equi Sand and Jensen 1888 (Approved Lists 1980)
subspecies	Streptococcus equi ruminatorum Fernández et al. 2004
subspecies	Streptococcus equi zooepidemicus (ex Frost and Engelbrecht 1936) Farrow and Collins 1985

Type Strain

representative organism

NCTC 9682^T (=DSM 20561 =ATCC 33398 =NCDO 2493)

Type Status

Taxonomy

The taxonomic placement of this species within the root Universal Root.


root Universal Root Woese et al. 1990
domain Bacteria (None 2015) Woese et al. 1990
phylum Firmicutes (sic) Gibbons and Murray 2021
class Bacilli Ludwig et al. 2010
order Lactobacillales Ludwig et al. 2010
family Streptococcaceae Deibel and Seeley 1974 (Approved Lists 1980)
genus Streptococcus Rosenbach 1884 emend. Deibel and Seeley 1974 (Approved Lists 1980)
species Streptococcus equi Sand and Jensen 1888 (Approved Lists 1980)

The taxonomy from the rank of class and below is based upon currently published taxonomic opinion. For a complete taxonomy, refer to The Taxonomic Outline of Bacteria and Archaea, Release 7.7.

Non-Type Exemplars

Digital Object Identifier	Strain Equivalence
10.1601/ex.16413	4047

Citation

When referring to this Abstract, please use its Digital Object Identifier.

Taxon Abstract for the species Streptococcus equi Sand and Jensen 1888 (Approved Lists 1980). Retrieved April 22, 2024. https://doi.org/10.1601/tx.11058.

Source File

10.1601/tx.11058.xml


This information was last reviewed on October 11, 2017.

References

Farrow JAE, Collins MD. Taxonomic studies on streptococci of serological groups C, G and L and possibly related taxa. Syst Appl Microbiol 1985; 5:483-493. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0723-2020(84)80005-3.
Fernández E, Blume V, Garrido P, Collins MD, Mateos A, Domínguez L, Fernández-Garayzábal JF. Streptococcus equi subsp. ruminatorum subsp. nov., isolated from mastitis in small ruminants. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004; 54:2291-2296. https://doi.org/10.1099/ijs.0.63145-0 [PubMed].
Sand G, Jensen CO. Die Aetiologie der Druise. Deutsche Zeitschrift für Tiermedizin und Vergleichende Pathologic 1888; 13:437-464.