
Name DOI	10.1601/nm.5623
Name	Streptococcus defectivus Bouvet et al. 1989
Name Status	Validly Published
Current Authority	Bouvet et al. 1989
Preferred Name	Abiotrophia defectiva
Taxonomic Rank	species
Nomenclatural Type (designated strain)	Refer to the type exemplar.

Taxonomy	10.1601/tx.5623
Type Strain representative organism	SC10^T (=CIP 103242 =GIFU 12707 =ATCC 49176)


Proper Form	Streptococcus defectivus Bouvet et al. 1989
Nomenclatural History	The species Streptococcus defectivus was originally described and validly published by Bouvet et al. 1989. In 1995, Kawamura et al. established Streptococcus defectivus as the basonym of Abiotrophia defectiva (Bouvet et al. 1989) Kawamura et al. 1995 .

Citation	When referring specifically to this Abstract, please use its Digital Object Identifier. Name Abstract for Streptococcus defectivus Bouvet et al. 1989.April 22, 2024. https://doi.org/10.1601/nm.5623.
Source File	10.1601/nm.5623.xml


This information was last reviewed on February 12, 2009.

References

Kawamura Y, Hou XG, Sultana F, Liu S, Yamamoto H, Ezaki T. Transfer of Streptococcus adjacens and Streptococcus defectivus to Abiotrophia gen. nov. as Abiotrophia adiacens comb. nov. and Abiotrophia defectiva comb. nov., respectively. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1995; 45:798-803. https://doi.org/10.1099/00207713-45-4-798 [PubMed].
Bouvet A, Grimont F, Grimont PAD. Streptococcus defectivus sp. nov and Streptococcus adjacens sp. nov., nutritionally variant streptococci from human clinical specimens. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1989; 39:290-294. https://doi.org/10.1099/00207713-39-3-290.