Name DOI
10.1601/nm.11056
Name
 (Prévot 1924) Holdeman and Moore 1974 (Approved Lists 1980) emend. Whiley et al. 1999
Name Status
Validly Published
Current Authority
(Prévot 1924) Holdeman and Moore 1974 (Approved Lists 1980) emend. Whiley et al. 1999
Preferred Name
Taxonomic Rank
species
Nomenclatural Type
(designated strain)
Refer to the type exemplar.
Taxonomy
Type Strain
representative organism
T (= = = = = =)
Proper Form
Streptococcus constellatus (Prévot 1924) Holdeman and Moore 1974 (Approved Lists 1980) emend. Whiley et al. 1999
Nomenclatural History
The species Streptococcus constellatus was originally described by Holdeman and Moore 1974. This name appeared on the Approved Lists of Bacterial Names 1980. Whiley and Beighton published an emended description of this species in 1991. A subsequent emendation was proposed by Whiley et al. in 1999. In 1999, Whiley et al. reduced this species to the rank of subspecies to form (Prévot 1924) Whiley et al. 1999 .
Citation
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Name Abstract for Streptococcus constellatus (Prévot 1924) Holdeman and Moore 1974 (Approved Lists 1980) emend. Whiley et al. 1999.. https://doi.org/10.1601/nm.11056.
Source File
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References

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