Name: Mammaliicoccus Madhaiyan et al. 2020

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Mam.ma.li.i.coc’cus. N.L. neut. pl. n. Mammalia, mammals; N.L. masc. n. coccus, a berry, a coccus; from Gr. masc. n. kokkos, grain; N.L. masc. n. Mammaliicoccus, a coccus from mammals

Gender: masculine (stem: Mammaliicocc-)

Type species: Mammaliicoccus sciuri (Kloos et al. 1976) Madhaiyan et al. 2020

Valid publication: Madhaiyan M, Wirth JS, Saravanan VS. Phylogenomic analyses of the Staphylococcaceae family suggest the reclassification of five species within the genus Staphylococcus as heterotypic synonyms, the promotion of five subspecies to novel species, the taxonomic reassignment of five Staphylococcus species to Mammaliicoccus gen. nov., and the formal assignment of Nosocomiicoccus to the family Staphylococcaceae. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:5926-5936.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 70, part 11 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2021; 71:4645.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Staphylococcus Rosenbach 1884 (Approved Lists 1980)

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Staphylococcus Rosenbach 1884 (Approved Lists 1980)	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP, conserved name

• 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:
  • 🚂 For the type species of this genus another name is in use, which is affiliated with the genus Staphylococcus Rosenbach 1884 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: Kloos WE, Schleifer KH, Smith RF. Characterization of Staphylococcus sciuri sp. nov. and its subspecies. International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology 1976; 26:22-37.
  • 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Mammalicoccus"; "Mammallicoccus".
  • 💁 Taxonomists who have recently focused on this group are the corresponding authors of Svec et al. (2016). Editors in search of reviewers are advised to consider additional criteria such as whether a taxon is covered by one of the ICSP subcommittees.
  • ❗ Mammaliicoccus is the correct name instead if this genus is regarded as a separate genus (i.e., if its nomenclatural type is not assigned to another genus whose name is validly published, legitimate and not rejected and has priority).
  • 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: DSM: 5; CCUG: 5; ATCC: 4; CIP: 4; NCTC: 3; CCM: 2; NRRL: 2; JCM: 1.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 0
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 5
Total number of child taxa: 5

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Mammaliicoccus fleurettii (Vernozy-Rozand et al. 2000) Madhaiyan et al. 2020	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Mammaliicoccus lentus (Kloos et al. 1976) Madhaiyan et al. 2020	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Mammaliicoccus sciuri (Kloos et al. 1976) Madhaiyan et al. 2020	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Mammaliicoccus stepanovicii (Hauschild et al. 2012) Madhaiyan et al. 2020	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Mammaliicoccus vitulinus (Webster et al. 1994) Madhaiyan et al. 2020	validly published under the ICNP	synonym

Parent taxon: Staphylococcaceae Schleifer and Bell 2010

Assigned by: Madhaiyan M, Wirth JS, Saravanan VS. Phylogenomic analyses of the Staphylococcaceae family suggest the reclassification of five species within the genus Staphylococcus as heterotypic synonyms, the promotion of five subspecies to novel species, the taxonomic reassignment of five Staphylococcus species to Mammaliicoccus gen. nov., and the formal assignment of Nosocomiicoccus to the family Staphylococcaceae. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:5926-5936.

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