Name: Staphylococcaceae Schleifer and Bell 2010

Category: Family

Proposed as: fam. nov.

Etymology: 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

• Notes:
  • 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.
  • This taxon name is occasionally misprinted in some sources as: "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: 118; CCUG: 99; CIP: 64; ATCC: 58; NCTC: 43; CCM: 42; JCM: 33; LMG: 33; NRRL: 29; KCTC: 11.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 9
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 10
Total number of child taxa: 11

• 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
    Macrococcus Kloos et al. 1998	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Mammaliicoccus Madhaiyan et al. 2020	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Nosocomiicoccus Morais et al. 2008	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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