Taxon DOI

10.1601/tx.5626

Name

Streptococcus downei Whiley et al. 1988

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)

Type Strain

representative organism

MFe28^T (=NCTC 11391 =ATCC 33748)

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 downei Whiley et al. 1988

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.17231	33T30AP (=Oral Taxon 594)

Citation

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

Taxon Abstract for the species Streptococcus downei Whiley et al. 1988. Retrieved April 22, 2024. https://doi.org/10.1601/tx.5626.

Source File

10.1601/tx.5626.xml


This information was last reviewed on February 18, 2010.

References

Whiley RA, Russell RRB, Hardie JM, Beighton D. Streptococcus downei sp. nov. for Strains Previously Described as Streptococcus mutans Serotype h. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1988; 38:25-29. https://doi.org/10.1099/00207713-38-1-25.