Species Mammaliicoccus stepanovicii

Name: Mammaliicoccus stepanovicii (Hauschild et al. 2012) Madhaiyan et al. 2020

Category, proposed as: species, comb. nov.

Basonym: Staphylococcus stepanovicii Hauschild et al. 2012

Etymology: ste.pa.no.vi’ci.i. N.L. gen. masc. n. stepanovicii, of Stepanović, named in honour of Serbian microbiologist Srdjan Stepanović, 1965-2009, for his contributions to the study of members of the Staphylococcus sciuri group

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: mam-ma-li-i-KOK-kus ste-pa-no-WI-ki-i, masculine

Type strain: 196; CCM 7717; CCUG 72271; DSM 26319; NCTC 13839; PCM 2693

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: GQ222244 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Madhaiyan M, Wirth JS, Saravanan VS. Phylogenomic analyses of the Staphylococcaceae family suggest the reclassification of five species within the genus Staphylococcus as heterotypic synonyms, the promotion of five subspecies to novel species, the taxonomic reassignment of five Staphylococcus species to Mammaliicoccus gen. nov., and the formal assignment of Nosocomiicoccus to the family Staphylococcaceae. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:5926-5936. 🇮🇳

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 70, part 11 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2021; 71:4645.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: synonym (and not recommended for medical use)

Correct name: Staphylococcus stepanovicii Hauschild et al. 2012

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Staphylococcus stepanovicii Hauschild et al. 2012	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • ❗ Mammaliicoccus stepanovicii is the correct name instead if this species is regarded as a separate species (i.e., if its nomenclatural type is not assigned to another species whose name is validly published, legitimate and not rejected and has priority) within a separate genus Mammaliicoccus.
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2026-08-13. The full classification is: risk group = 1. — 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 1 time in PubMed until 2026-06-11.
  • 🙅 This name is on the List of Recommended Names for bacteria of medical importance (LoRN) as a synonym of the name to be applied to this species. The name is on LoRN because of the recorded risk group of the genus.

Parent taxon: Mammaliicoccus Madhaiyan et al. 2020

Assigned by: Madhaiyan M, Wirth JS, Saravanan VS. Phylogenomic analyses of the Staphylococcaceae family suggest the reclassification of five species within the genus Staphylococcus as heterotypic synonyms, the promotion of five subspecies to novel species, the taxonomic reassignment of five Staphylococcus species to Mammaliicoccus gen. nov., and the formal assignment of Nosocomiicoccus to the family Staphylococcaceae. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:5926-5936. 🇮🇳

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Record number: 14765