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Species Macrococcus psychrotolerans
Name: Macrococcus psychrotolerans Mašlaňová et al. 2025
Etymology: psy.chro.to’le.rans. Gr. masc. adj. psychros, cold; L. pres. part. tolerans, tolerating; N.L. masc. part. adj. psychrotolerans, cold-tolerating
Pronunciation, gender: psy-khro-TO-le-rans, masculine
Type strain: CCM 8659; DSM 111350; NRL/St 95/376; P4171
Conduct genome-based taxonomy at
16S rRNA gene:
PP341307
Analyse
FASTA
Effective publication:
Maslanova I, Kovarovic V, Botka T, Svec P, Sedlacek I, Sedo O, Finstrlova A, Neumann-Schaal M, Kirstein S, Schwendener S, et al. Evidence of in vitro mecB-mediated beta-lactam antibiotic resistance transfer to Staphylococcus aureus from Macrococcus psychrotolerans sp. nov., a psychrophilic bacterium from food-producing animals and human clinical specimens. Appl Environ Microbiol 2025; 91:e0165224. 
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)
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Notes:
- 🎓 Name mentioned 1 time 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 pathogenicity of the species itself.
Parent taxon: Macrococcus Kloos et al. 1998
Assigned by:
Maslanova I, Kovarovic V, Botka T, Svec P, Sedlacek I, Sedo O, Finstrlova A, Neumann-Schaal M, Kirstein S, Schwendener S, et al. Evidence of in vitro mecB-mediated beta-lactam antibiotic resistance transfer to Staphylococcus aureus from Macrococcus psychrotolerans sp. nov., a psychrophilic bacterium from food-producing animals and human clinical specimens. Appl Environ Microbiol 2025; 91:e0165224.
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Record number: 62556
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