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Name: Kocuria tytonis Braun et al. 2019

Category, proposed as: species, sp. nov.

Etymology: ty.to’nis. N.L. gen. fem. n. tytonis, of the American barn owl Tyto furcata, from where the type strain was isolated

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: ko-KU-ri-a ty-TO-nis, feminine

Type strain: 442; DSM 104130; LMG 29944

16S rRNA gene: MG547562 Analysetree FASTA download

Valid publication: Braun MS, Wang E, Zimmermann S, Wagner H, Wink M. Kocuria tytonis sp. nov., isolated from the uropygial gland of an American barn owl (Tyto furcata). Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2019; 69:447-451. 🇩🇪

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 69, part 2 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2019; 69:1251-1252.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

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

Risk group: 1

  • Notes:
    • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2026-08-13. 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 1 time 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 pathogenicity of other species in the genus.

Parent taxon: Kocuria Stackebrandt et al. 1995

Assigned by: Braun MS, Wang E, Zimmermann S, Wagner H, Wink M. Kocuria tytonis sp. nov., isolated from the uropygial gland of an American barn owl (Tyto furcata). Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2019; 69:447-451. 🇩🇪

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Record number: 799872