Name: Staphylococcaceae Schleifer and Bell 2010

Category: Family

Proposed as: fam. nov.

Etymology: Staph.y.lo.coc.ca’ce.ae. N.L. masc. n. Staphylococcus, type genus of the family; L. fem. pl. n. suff. -aceae, ending to denote a family; N.L. fem. pl. n. Staphylococcaceae, family of the genus Staphylococcus

Gender: feminine

Type genus: Staphylococcus Rosenbach 1884 (Approved Lists 1980)

Effective publication: Schleifer K-H, Bell JA. Family VIII. Staphylococcaceae fam. nov. In: De Vos P, Garrity GM, Jones D, Krieg NR, Ludwig W, Rainey FA, K.-H. S, Whitman WB (eds), Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, 2nd edn, vol. 3 (The Firmicutes), Springer, New York, 2009, p. 392.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Validation list no. 132. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2010; 60:469-472.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Abyssicoccaceae Bello et al. 2024	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    "Staphylococcaceae" Akatov et al. 1988	homotypic synonym, not validly published
    "Salinicoccaceae" Bello et al. 2023	heterotypic synonym, not validly published
    Salinicoccaceae Chuvochina et al. 2024	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Emendations:
  • Bello et al. 2023 Bello S, Mudassir SH, Rudra B, Gupta RS. Phylogenomic and molecular markers based studies on Staphylococcaceae and Gemella species. Proposals for an emended family Staphylococcaceae and three new families (Abyssicoccaceae fam. nov., Salinicoccaceae fam. nov. and Gemellaceae fam. nov.) harboring four new genera, Lacicoccus gen. nov., Macrococcoides gen. nov., Gemelliphila gen. nov., and Phocicoccus gen. nov. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek 2023; 116:937-973. Oren A, Göker M. List of changes in taxonomic opinion no. 39. Notification of changes in taxonomic opinion previously published outside the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2024; 74:6172.
    Notes:
    • ⊕ Emendation accompanied by the inclusion of 3 genera in the family.
    • ⊖ Emendation accompanied by the removal of 7 genera from the family.

• Notes:
  • 🧕 Chuvochina et al. (2023) assigned this family to the order Staphylococcales Chuvochina et al. 2024. Publication: Chuvochina M, Mussig AJ, Chaumeil PA, Skarshewski A, Rinke C, Parks DH, Hugenholtz P. Proposal of names for 329 higher rank taxa defined in the Genome Taxonomy Database under two prokaryotic codes. FEMS Microbiol Lett 2023; 0:0.
  • 🧕 De Vos et al. (2009) assigned this family to the order Bacillales Prévot 1953 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: Schleifer K-H, Bell JA. Family VIII. Staphylococcaceae fam. nov. In: De Vos P, Garrity GM, Jones D, Krieg NR, Ludwig W, Rainey FA, K.-H. S, Whitman WB (eds), Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, 2nd edn, vol. 3 (The Firmicutes), Springer, New York, 2009, p. 392.
  • 🚃 The type genus of this family has alternatively been placed in the family Micrococcaceae Pribram 1929 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: Parker CD. Genus V. Thiobacillus Beijerinck 1904. In: Breed RS, Murray EGD, Smith NR (eds), Bergey's Manual of Determinative Bacteriology, 7th edition, The Williams & Wilkins Co, Baltimore, 1957, p. 83-88.
  • 🚃 The type genus of this family has alternatively been placed in the family Micrococcaceae Pribram 1929 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: Pribram E. A CONTRIBUTION TO THE CLASSIFICATION OF MICROORGANISMS. J Bacteriol 1929; 18:361-394.
  • 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Staphyloccaceae"; "Staphyloccocaceae".
  • 🧬 The phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is 0.06436 (N = 1).
  • 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: DSM: 139; CCUG: 105; CIP: 67; NCTC: 62; ATCC: 60; CCM: 51; JCM: 34; NRRL: 29; CGMCC: 13; KCTC: 12.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 9
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 13
Total number of child taxa: 14

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Abyssicoccus Jiang et al. 2016	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    [Albococcus]	preliminary entry that lacks crucial information
    Aliicoccus Amoozegar et al. 2014	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Auricoccus Prakash et al. 2017	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Corticicoccus Li et al. 2017	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Jeotgalicoccus Yoon et al. 2003	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Lacicoccus Bello et al. 2024	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Macrococcoides Bello et al. 2024	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Macrococcus Kloos et al. 1998	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Mammaliicoccus Madhaiyan et al. 2020	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Nosocomiicoccus Morais et al. 2008	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Phocicoccus Bello et al. 2024	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Salinicoccus Ventosa et al. 1990	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Staphylococcus Rosenbach 1884 (Approved Lists 1980)	validly published under the ICNP, conserved name	correct name

Parent taxon: Caryophanales Peshkoff 1939 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Tindall BJ. When treated as heterotypic synonyms the names Caryophanaceae Peshkoff 1939 (Approved Lists 1980) and Caryophanales Peshkoff 1939 (Approved Lists 1980) have priority over the names Planococcaceae Krasil'nikov 1949 (Approved Lists 1980) and Bacillales Prevot 1953 (Approved Lists 1980) and Bacillales Prevot 1953 (Approved Lists 1980), respectively. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2019; 69:2187-2195.

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