Name: Macrococcus animalis Belhout et al. 2025

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: a.ni.ma’lis. L. gen. n. animalis, of a living being, an animal (also as adjective)

Pronunciation, gender: a-ni-MA-lis, masculine

Type strain: CCM 9439; CCOS 2125; DSM 118743; EM39E

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16S rRNA gene: PQ662875 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Belhout C, Wang F, Rossano A, Collaud A, Fernandez JE, Marchionatti E, Keller JE, Overesch G, Kaessmeyer S, Schwendener S, et al. Macrococcus animalis sp. nov. and Macrococcus equi sp. nov., isolated from different animals' origins. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2025; 75:6861.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Göker M. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 75, part 7 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2025; 75:6893.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

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

• Notes:
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 0 times in PubMed until 2025-08-05.
  • 🙆 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 other species in the genus.

Parent taxon: Macrococcus Kloos et al. 1998

Assigned by: Belhout C, Wang F, Rossano A, Collaud A, Fernandez JE, Marchionatti E, Keller JE, Overesch G, Kaessmeyer S, Schwendener S, et al. Macrococcus animalis sp. nov. and Macrococcus equi sp. nov., isolated from different animals' origins. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2025; 75:6861.

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Record number: 66810