Species ***Staphylococcus* *saccharolyticus***

Name: Staphylococcus saccharolyticus (Foubert and Douglas 1948) Kilpper-Bälz and Schleifer 1984

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: "Micrococcus saccharolyticus" Foubert and Douglas 1948

Etymology: sac.cha.ro.ly’ti.cus. Gr. neut. n. sakchar, sugar; N.L. masc. adj. lyticus, able to loose, able to dissolve; from Gr. masc. adj. lytikos, dissolving; N.L. masc. adj. saccharolyticus, sugar-digesting

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: sta-p^hy-lo-KOK-kus sak-k^ha-ro-LY-ti-kus, masculine

Type strain: ATCC 14953; CCUG 24040; CCUG 9989; CIP 103275; DSM 20359; NCTC 11807; NRRL B-14778

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: MF678903 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Kilpper-Bälz R, Schleifer KH. Transfer of Peptococcus saccharolyticus Foubert and Douglas to the genus Staphylococcus: Staphylococcus saccharolyticus (Foubert and Douglas) comb. nov. Zentralbl. Bakteriol. Parasitenkd. Infektionskr. Hyg. Abt. 1 Orig. Reihe C 1981; 2:324-331. 🇩🇪

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Validation list no. 13. Validation of publication of new names and new combinations previously effectively published outside the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1984; 34:91-92.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name (and explicitly recommended for medical use)

Risk group: 2

Synonyms:

Name	Kind
Peptococcus saccharolyticus (Foubert and Douglas 1948) Douglas 1957 (Approved Lists 1980)	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
"Micrococcus saccharolyticus" Foubert and Douglas 1948	homotypic synonym, not validly published, basonym of name in Approved Lists

Notes:
- 📧 The e-mail address of the corresponding author given in the effective publication is not functional any more.
- 😷 The risk group for Belgium has been imported on 2024-02-05. The full classification is: risk group = 2, note = "human pathogen". — The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 2, note = "Animal classification RG: 1 - Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No - Containment level: Containment Level 2". — The risk group for Swiss Confederation has been imported on 2024-02-01. The full classification is: risk group = 2. — The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2026-08-13. The full classification is: risk group = 2. — 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 37 times in PubMed until 2026-06-11.
- 🙆 This name is on the List of Recommended Names for bacteria of medical importance (LoRN) as the name to be applied to this species. The name is on LoRN because of the recorded risk group of the species itself.
- 🧍 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 (Reading) 2022; 168:0. 🇬🇧

Parent taxon: Staphylococcus Rosenbach 1884 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Kilpper-Bälz R, Schleifer KH. Transfer of Peptococcus saccharolyticus Foubert and Douglas to the genus Staphylococcus: Staphylococcus saccharolyticus (Foubert and Douglas) comb. nov. Zentralbl. Bakteriol. Parasitenkd. Infektionskr. Hyg. Abt. 1 Orig. Reihe C 1981; 2:324-331. 🇩🇪

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Species Staphylococcus saccharolyticus

Species ***Staphylococcus* *saccharolyticus***