Name: Kytococcus schroeteri Becker et al. 2002

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: schroe’ter.i. N.L. gen. masc. n. schroeteri, of Schroeter, honouring Joseph Schroeter, a German microbiologist

Gender: masculine

Type strain: CCM 4918; DSM 13884; JCM 12136; Muenster 2000

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16S rRNA gene: AJ297722 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Becker K, Schumann P, Wullenweber J, Schulte M, Weil HP, Stackebrandt E, Peters G, von Eiff C. Kytococcus schroeteri sp. nov., a novel Gram-positive actinobacterium isolated from a human clinical source. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2002; 52:1609-1614.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 52, part 5 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2003; 53:3-5.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "+". — If in doubt, use the risk group given in the regulations for your country and, if these are not available, use the risk group given in the catalogue of the culture collection from which you have obtained or intend to obtain the strain.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 31 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.
  • 🧍 According to Bartlett et al. (2022), this species is an established human pathogen. Publication: Bartlett A, Padfield D, Lear L, Bendall R, Vos M. A comprehensive list of bacterial pathogens infecting humans. Microbiology 2022; 168:0.

Parent taxon: Kytococcus Stackebrandt et al. 1995

Assigned by: Becker K, Schumann P, Wullenweber J, Schulte M, Weil HP, Stackebrandt E, Peters G, von Eiff C. Kytococcus schroeteri sp. nov., a novel Gram-positive actinobacterium isolated from a human clinical source. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2002; 52:1609-1614.

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Record number: 777226