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

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: Micrococcus roseus Flügge 1886 (Approved Lists 1980)

Etymology: ro’se.a. L. fem. adj. rosea, rose-colored, rosy

Gender: feminine

Type strain: ATCC 186; CCM 679; CCUG 4312; CIP 71.15; DSM 20447; IEGM 394; IFO 3768; JCM 11614; LMG 14224; NBRC 3768; NCTC 7523; NRRL B-2977; VKM B-1823

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16S rRNA gene: X87756 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Stackebrandt E, Koch C, Gvozdiak O, Schumann P. Taxonomic dissection of the genus Micrococcus: Kocuria gen. nov., Nesterenkonia gen. nov., Kytococcus gen. nov., Dermacoccus gen. nov., and Micrococcus Cohn 1872 gen. emend. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1995; 45:682-692.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 45, part 4 of the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1996; 46:364-365.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Pelczaria aurantia Poston 1994	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP, rejected name
    Deinococcus erythromyxa (ex Chester 1901) Brooks and Murray 1981	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    Micrococcus roseus Flügge 1886 (Approved Lists 1980)	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    Kocuria erythromyxa (Brooks and Murray 1981) Rainey et al. 1997	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • Nomenclatural type of the genus Kocuria Stackebrandt et al. 1995. Publication: Stackebrandt E, Koch C, Gvozdiak O, Schumann P. Taxonomic dissection of the genus Micrococcus: Kocuria gen. nov., Nesterenkonia gen. nov., Kytococcus gen. nov., Dermacoccus gen. nov., and Micrococcus Cohn 1872 gen. emend. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1995; 45:682-692.
  • According to Schumann et al. (1999), this species is an earlier heterotypic synonym of Kocuria erythromyxa (Brooks and Murray 1981) Rainey et al. 1997. 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 an earlier heterotypic synonym of Deinococcus erythromyxa (ex Chester 1901) Brooks and Murray 1981. 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. (2000), this species is an earlier heterotypic synonym of Pelczaria aurantia Poston 1994. Publication: Schumann P, Tindall BJ, Mendrock U, Kramer I, Stackebrandt E. Pelczaria aurantia ATCC 49321T (=DSM 12801T) is a strain of Kocuria rosea (Flugge 1886) Stackebrandt et al. 1995. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2000; 50:1421-1424.
  • 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.
  • See also: Publication: Tindall BJ, Schumann P, Stackebrandt E. The status of the genus Pelczaria (Poston 1994) and the species Pelczaria aurantia (Poston 1994). Request for an Opinion. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2000; 50:1695-1696.

Parent taxon: Kocuria Stackebrandt et al. 1995

Assigned by: Stackebrandt E, Koch C, Gvozdiak O, Schumann P. Taxonomic dissection of the genus Micrococcus: Kocuria gen. nov., Nesterenkonia gen. nov., Kytococcus gen. nov., Dermacoccus gen. nov., and Micrococcus Cohn 1872 gen. emend. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1995; 45:682-692.

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