Species ***Staphylococcus* *equorum***

Name: Staphylococcus equorum Schleifer et al. 1985

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: e.quo’rum. L. gen. masc. pl. n. equorum, of horses

Gender: masculine

Type strain: ATCC 43958; CCUG 30109; CIP 103502; DSM 20674; NCTC 12414; NRRL B-14765; PA231

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16S rRNA gene: AB009939 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Schleifer KH, Kilpper-Balz R, Devriese LA. Staphylococcus arlettae sp. nov., S. equorum sp. nov. and S. kloosii sp. nov. : three New coagulase-negative, novobiocin-resistant species from animals. Syst. Appl. Microbiol. 1984; 5:501-509.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Validation list no. 17. Validation of publication of new names and new combinations previously effectively published outside the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1985; 35:223-225.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

Emendations:
- Jeong et al. 2013 Jeong DW, Kim HR, Han S, Jeon CO, Lee JH. A proposal to unify two subspecies of Staphylococcus equorum: Staphylococcus equorum subsp. equorum and Staphylococcus equorum subsp. linens. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek 2013; 104:1049-1062. Oren A, Garrity GM. List of changes in taxonomic opinion no. 20. Notification of changes in taxonomic opinion previously published outside the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2014; 64:2191-2192.

Notes:
- 😷 The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "Animal classification RG: 1 - Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No - Containment level: Containment Level 1". — The risk group for Swiss Confederation has been imported on 2024-02-01. The full classification is: risk group = 1. — The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1. — 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 176 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.
- 🧍 In Validation List no. 17, the year of the effective publication is erroneously cited as 1985. — Subsequently, this species has been divided into subspecies (see: below). Publication: Anonymous. Validation list no. 17. Validation of publication of new names and new combinations previously effectively published outside the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1985; 35:223-225.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 2
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 2
Total number of child taxa: 2

Child taxa:

Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
Staphylococcus equorum subsp. equorum (Schleifer et al. 1985) Place et al. 2003	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
Staphylococcus equorum subsp. linens Place et al. 2003	validly published under the ICNP	correct name

Parent taxon: Staphylococcus Rosenbach 1884 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Schleifer KH, Kilpper-Balz R, Devriese LA. Staphylococcus arlettae sp. nov., S. equorum sp. nov. and S. kloosii sp. nov. : three New coagulase-negative, novobiocin-resistant species from animals. Syst. Appl. Microbiol. 1984; 5:501-509.

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Species Staphylococcus equorum

Species ***Staphylococcus* *equorum***