
Name DOI	10.1601/nm.5677
Name	Streptococcus pneumoniae (Klein 1884) Chester 1901 (Approved Lists 1980)
Name Status	Validly Published
Current Authority	(Klein 1884) Chester 1901 (Approved Lists 1980)
Preferred Name	Streptococcus pneumoniae
Taxonomic Rank	species
Nomenclatural Type (designated strain)	Refer to the type exemplar.

Taxonomy	10.1601/tx.5677
Type Strain representative organism	SV 1^T (=DSM 20566 =CCUG 28588 =NCTC 7465 =ATCC 33400 =LMG 14545)


Proper Form	Streptococcus pneumoniae (Klein 1884) Chester 1901 (Approved Lists 1980)
Nomenclatural History	The species Streptococcus pneumoniae was originally described by Chester 1901. This name appeared on the Approved Lists of Bacterial Names 1980. Chester formed this name in 1901 by placing the species Diplococcus pneumoniae (Klein 1884) Weichselbaum 1886 into the genus Streptococcus Rosenbach 1884 emend. Deibel and Seeley 1974 (Approved Lists 1980).

Citation	When referring specifically to this Abstract, please use its Digital Object Identifier. Name Abstract for Streptococcus pneumoniae (Klein 1884) Chester 1901 (Approved Lists 1980).April 22, 2024. https://doi.org/10.1601/nm.5677.
Source File	10.1601/nm.5677.xml


This information was last reviewed on January 21, 2019.

References

Chester FD. In: Chester FD (ed), A Manual of Determinative Bacteriology, The Macmillan Co., New York, 1901, p. 1-401.
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.