Name: Macrococcus goetzii Mašlaňová et al. 2018

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: goe’tzi.i. N.L. gen. masc. n. goetzii, of Goetz, named in honor of Prof. Dr. Friedrich Götz, a German microbiologist, for his contribution to the microbiology, physiology, and molecular biology of staphylococci and macrococci

Gender: masculine

Type strain: CCM 4927; DSM 103683

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: MH044690 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Maslanova I, Wertheimer Z, Sedlacek I, Svec P, Indrakova A, Kovarovic V, Schumann P, Sproer C, Kralova S, Sedo O, et al. Description and Comparative Genomics of Macrococcus caseolyticus subsp. hominis subsp. nov., Macrococcus goetzii sp. nov., Macrococcus epidermidis sp. nov., and Macrococcus bohemicus sp. nov., Novel Macrococci From Human Clinical Material With Virulence Potential and Suspected Uptake of Foreign DNA by Natural Transformation. Front Microbiol 2018; 9:1178.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Validation list no. 183. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2018; 68:2707-2709.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Macrococcoides goetzii (Mašlaňová et al. 2018) Bello et al. 2024	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 4 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.

Parent taxon: Macrococcus Kloos et al. 1998

Assigned by: Maslanova I, Wertheimer Z, Sedlacek I, Svec P, Indrakova A, Kovarovic V, Schumann P, Sproer C, Kralova S, Sedo O, et al. Description and Comparative Genomics of Macrococcus caseolyticus subsp. hominis subsp. nov., Macrococcus goetzii sp. nov., Macrococcus epidermidis sp. nov., and Macrococcus bohemicus sp. nov., Novel Macrococci From Human Clinical Material With Virulence Potential and Suspected Uptake of Foreign DNA by Natural Transformation. Front Microbiol 2018; 9:1178.

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Record number: 797868