Name: Kocuria erythromyxa (Brooks and Murray 1981 ex Chester 1901) Rainey et al. 1997

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: Deinococcus erythromyxa (ex Chester 1901) Brooks and Murray 1981

Etymology: e.ry.thro.my’xa. Gr. masc. adj. erythros, red; Gr. fem. n. myxa, mucus, slime; N.L. fem. n. erythromyxa, the red slime

Pronunciation, gender: e-ry-t^hro-MY-ksa, feminine

Type strain: ATCC 187; CCM 706; DSM 11630; IFO 15344; NBRC 15344; UWO 1045

16S rRNA gene: Y11330 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Rainey FA, Nobre MF, Schumann P, Stackebrandt E, da Costa MS. Phylogenetic diversity of the deinococci as determined by 16S ribosomal DNA sequence comparison. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1997; 47:510-514. 🇺🇸

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 47, part 2 of the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1997; 47:917-919.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: synonym (and not recommended for medical use)

Correct name: Kocuria rosea (Flügge 1886) Stackebrandt et al. 1995

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Kocuria rosea (Flügge 1886) Stackebrandt et al. 1995	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    Micrococcus roseus Flügge 1886 (Approved Lists 1980)	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    Deinococcus erythromyxa (ex Chester 1901) Brooks and Murray 1981	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    Pelczaria aurantia Poston 1994	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP, rejected name

• Notes:
  • ⏲ According to Schumann et al. (1999), this species is a later heterotypic synonym of Kocuria rosea (Flügge 1886) Stackebrandt et al. 1995. Publication: Schumann P, Spröer C, Burghardt J, Kovacs G, Stackebrandt E. Reclassification of the species Kocuria erythromyxa (Brooks and Murray 1981) as Kocuria rosea (Flügge 1886). Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1999; 49:393-396. 🇩🇪
  • ⏲ According to Schumann et al. (1999), this species is a later heterotypic synonym of Micrococcus roseus Flügge 1886 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: Schumann P, Spröer C, Burghardt J, Kovacs G, Stackebrandt E. Reclassification of the species Kocuria erythromyxa (Brooks and Murray 1981) as Kocuria rosea (Flügge 1886). Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1999; 49:393-396. 🇩🇪
  • 📧 The e-mail address of the corresponding author given in the effective publication is not functional any more.
  • 😢 The terminology used by the authors is in line with many other taxonomic studies and does not negatively affect their main results; some improvements may nevertheless be possible. The usage of the term "coherent taxon" (or equivalent) is cautioned against. Whether taxa can have "members" is debatable. See the LPSN phylogeny page for details. Publication: Göker M. What can genome analysis offer for bacteria? In: Bridge P, Smith D, Stackebrandt E (eds), Trends in the systematics of bacteria and fungi, CAB International, Wallingford, 2021, p. 255-281. 🇬🇧
  • ❗ Kocuria erythromyxa is the correct name instead if this species is regarded as a separate species (i.e., if its nomenclatural type is not assigned to another species whose name is validly published, legitimate and not rejected and has priority) within a separate genus Kocuria.
  • 😷 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 3 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.
  • 🙅 This name is on the List of Recommended Names for bacteria of medical importance (LoRN) as a synonym of the name to be applied to this species. The name is on LoRN because of the recorded pathogenicity of other species in the genus.
  • 🧍 Synonym "Sarcina erythromyxa". Publication: Goodsir J. History of a case in which a fluid periodically ejected from the stomach contained vegetable organisms of an undescribed form. Edinburgh Medical Surgery Journal 1842; 57:430-443.

Parent taxon: Kocuria Stackebrandt et al. 1995

Assigned by: Rainey FA, Nobre MF, Schumann P, Stackebrandt E, da Costa MS. Phylogenetic diversity of the deinococci as determined by 16S ribosomal DNA sequence comparison. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1997; 47:510-514. 🇺🇸

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Record number: 777191