Helcococcus Collins et al. 1993
General information
Name
Helcococcus
Valid publication
1993
Lineage
Root.
Bacteria.
Firmicutes.
Clostridia.
Clostridiales.
Peptoniphilaceae.
Helcococcus
Nomenclature type
Helcococcus kunzii
Etymology
Gr. n. <i>helkos</i>, wound; N.L. masc. n. <i>coccus</i> (Gr. mas. n. <i>kokkos</i>), berry; N.L. masc. n. <i>Helcococcus</i>, a coccus found in wounds.
Description and emendation
Original Description
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Cells consist of gram-positive cocci and are non-motile. Catalase negative. Facultatively anaerobic. Acid but not gas is produced from glucose and some other sugars. Lactate and acetate are the major end products of glucose metabolism. Growth may or may not occur in 6.5% NaCl. No growth on bile-esculin agar. Lipophilic (growth greatly stimulated by serum or Tween 80). Pyrrolidonyl arylamidase positive. Arginine dehydrolase and leucine arylamidase negative. Susceptible to vancomycin. The G+C content of DNA is 29.5 to 30 mol%.
Subdivision(s)
MID | Name | Rank | Taxon ID |
---|---|---|---|
M021702011205001 | Helcococcus kunzii | Species | 40091 |
M021702011205002 | Helcococcus ovis | Species | 72026 |
M021702011205003 | Helcococcus sueciensis | Species | 241555 |
References
1
Collins, M.D., Facklam, R.R., Rodrigues, U.M., and Ruoff, K.L. Phylogenetic analysis of some Aerococcus-like organisms from clinical sources: description of Helcococcus kunzii gen. nov., sp. nov. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. (1993) 43:425-429.[DOI:10.1099/00207713-43-3-425]
[PMID:8347503]