
Name DOI	10.1601/nm.5635
Name	Streptococcus faecium Orla-Jensen 1919 (Approved Lists 1980)
Name Status	Validly Published
Current Authority	Orla-Jensen 1919 (Approved Lists 1980)
Preferred Name	Enterococcus faecium
Taxonomic Rank	species
Nomenclatural Type (designated strain)	Refer to the type exemplar.

Taxonomy	10.1601/tx.5635
Type Strain representative organism	JCM 8727^T (=KCTC 13225 =NCIMB 11508 =CCUG 542 =JCM 5804 =NCDO 942 =CIP 103014 =ATCC 19434 =AS 1.2136 =CFBP 4248 =BCRC 10067 =LMG 11423 =CECT 410 =NCTC 7171 =NBRC 100486 =HAMBI 1710 =DSM 20477 =NBRC 100485)


Proper Form	Streptococcus faecium Orla-Jensen 1919 (Approved Lists 1980)
Nomenclatural History	The species Streptococcus faecium was originally described by Orla-Jensen 1919. This name appeared on the Approved Lists of Bacterial Names 1980. In 1984, Schleifer and Kilpper-Bälz established Streptococcus faecium as the basonym of Enterococcus faecium (Orla-Jensen 1919) Schleifer and Kilpper-Bälz 1984 .

Citation	When referring specifically to this Abstract, please use its Digital Object Identifier. Name Abstract for Streptococcus faecium Orla-Jensen 1919 (Approved Lists 1980).April 22, 2024. https://doi.org/10.1601/nm.5635.
Source File	10.1601/nm.5635.xml


This information was last reviewed on February 12, 2009.

References

Orla-Jensen S. The Lactic Acid Bacteria, Host & Son, Copenhagen, 1919, p. 1-196.
Schleifer KH, Kilpper-Bälz R. Transfer of Streptococcus faecalis and Streptococcus faecium to the genus Enterococcus nom. rev. as Enterococcus faecalis comb. nov. and Enterococcus faecium comb. nov. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1984; 34:31-34. https://doi.org/10.1099/00207713-34-1-31.
Skerman VBD, McGowan V, Sneath PHA. Approved Lists of Bacterial Names. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1980; 30:225-420. https://doi.org/10.1099/00207713-30-1-225.