Name: Macrococcus caseolyticus (Schleifer et al. 1982 ex Evans 1916) Kloos et al. 1998

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: Staphylococcus caseolyticus (ex Evans 1916) Schleifer et al. 1982

Etymology: ca.se.o.ly.ti.cus. L. masc. n. caseus, cheese; N.L. masc. adj. lyticus, able to loose, able to dissolve; from Gr. masc. adj. lytikos, dissolving; N.L. masc. adj. caseolyticus, casein-dissolving

Gender: masculine

Type strain: ATCC 13548; CCM 3540; CCUG 15606; CIP 100755; DD 4508; DSM 20597; NCTC 14061

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: Y15711 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Kloos WE, Ballard DN, George CG, Webster JA, Hubner RJ, Ludwig W, Schleifer KH, Fiedler F, Schubert K. Delimiting the genus Staphylococcus through description of Macrococcus caseolyticus gen. nov., comb. nov. and Macrococcus equipercicus sp. nov., and Macrococcus bovicus sp. no. and Macrococcus carouselicus sp. nov. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1998; 48:859-877.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 48, part 3 of the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1998; 48:1085-1087.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Macrococcoides caseolyticus (Schleifer et al. 1982 ex Evans 1916) Bello et al. 2024	homotypic synonym, inaccurate spelling
    Macrococcoides caseolyticum corrig. (Schleifer et al. 1982 ex Evans 1916) Bello et al. 2024	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    Staphylococcus caseolyticus (ex Evans 1916) Schleifer et al. 1982	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • 🙄 The epithet of this taxon name is occasionally misprinted in some sources as: "caseoryticus".
  • 😷 The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "Animal classification RG: 1 - Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No - Containment level: Containment Level 1". — The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "t+". — 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 74 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.
  • 🧍 In the summary, the type strain DD 4508 is cited as TDD 4508. — 🧍 The authors also propose an amended description of the type strain. — In the abstract, the type strain DD 4508 is cited as TDD 4508. Publication: Euzeby JP. List of Bacterial Names with Standing in Nomenclature: a folder available on the Internet. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1997; 47:590-592.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 2
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 2
Total number of child taxa: 2

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Macrococcus caseolyticus subsp. caseolyticus (Schleifer et al. 1982 ex Evans 1916) Mašlaňová et al. 2018	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Macrococcus caseolyticus subsp. hominis Mašlaňová et al. 2018	validly published under the ICNP	correct name

Parent taxon: Macrococcus Kloos et al. 1998

Assigned by: Kloos WE, Ballard DN, George CG, Webster JA, Hubner RJ, Ludwig W, Schleifer KH, Fiedler F, Schubert K. Delimiting the genus Staphylococcus through description of Macrococcus caseolyticus gen. nov., comb. nov. and Macrococcus equipercicus sp. nov., and Macrococcus bovicus sp. no. and Macrococcus carouselicus sp. nov. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1998; 48:859-877.

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