Name: Macrococcus capreoli Schiffer and Ehrmann 2025

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: ca.pre’o.li. L. gen. masc. n. capreoli, of roe deer

Pronunciation, gender: ka-PRE-o-li, masculine

Type strain: DSM 113939; LMG 32618; TMW 2.2395

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: ON153231 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Schiffer CJ, Ehrmann MA. Macrococcus capreoli sp. nov., a new fosfomycin resistant species isolated from feces and nasal swabs of deer. Syst Appl Microbiol 2025; 48:126620.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Göker M. Validation list no. 225. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2025; 75:6863.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

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

• Notes:
  • 😢 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. Contrasting the term "chemotaxonomic" with "phenotypic" is not recommended. Using the term "phylogenetic data" (or equivalent) for sequence data is not advocated. 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.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 2 times in PubMed until 2025-10-21.
  • 🙆 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: Schiffer CJ, Ehrmann MA. Macrococcus capreoli sp. nov., a new fosfomycin resistant species isolated from feces and nasal swabs of deer. Syst Appl Microbiol 2025; 48:126620.

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Record number: 65696