Name: Macrococcus canis Gobeli Brawand et al. 2017

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: ca’nis L. gen. masc./fem. n. canis, of a dog

Gender: masculine

Type strain: CCOS 969; CCUG 68920; DSM 101690; KM 45013

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: KU933342 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Gobeli Brawand S, Cotting K, Gomez-Sanz E, Collaud A, Thomann A, Brodard I, Rodriguez-Campos S, Strauss C, Perreten V. Macrococcus canis sp. nov., a skin bacterium associated with infections in dogs. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:621-626.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 67, part 3 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:1621-1622.

Nomenclatural status: validly published

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 2

• Notes:
  • The full TRBA 466 classification is: risk group = 2, note = "t".

Parent taxon: Macrococcus Kloos et al. 1998

Assigned by: Gobeli Brawand S, Cotting K, Gomez-Sanz E, Collaud A, Thomann A, Brodard I, Rodriguez-Campos S, Strauss C, Perreten V. Macrococcus canis sp. nov., a skin bacterium associated with infections in dogs. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:621-626.

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