Name: Micrococcus roseus Flügge 1886 (Approved Lists 1980)

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: ro’se.us. L. masc. adj. roseus, rose-colored, rosy

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: mi-kro-KOK-kus RO-se-us, masculine

Type strain: ATCC 186; CCM 679; CCUG 4312; CIP 71.15; DSM 20447; IEGM 394; IFO 3768; JCM 11614; LMG 14224; NBRC 3768; NCTC 7523; NRRL B-2977; VKM B-1823

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16S rRNA gene: X87756 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Flügge C. Die Mikroorganismen, Auflage 2. F.C.W. Vogel, Leipzig, 1886.

IJSEM list: Skerman VBD, McGowan V, Sneath PHA. Approved lists of bacterial names. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1980; 30:225-420.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

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

Correct name: Kocuria rosea (Flügge 1886) Stackebrandt et al. 1995

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Kocuria erythromyxa (Brooks and Murray 1981 ex Chester 1901) Rainey et al. 1997	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    Pelczaria aurantia Poston 1994	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP, rejected name
    Kocuria rosea (Flügge 1886) Stackebrandt et al. 1995	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    Deinococcus erythromyxa (ex Chester 1901) Brooks and Murray 1981	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • ⏰ According to Schumann et al. (1999), this species is an earlier heterotypic synonym of Kocuria erythromyxa (Brooks and Murray 1981 ex Chester 1901) Rainey et al. 1997. Publication: Schumann P, Spröer C, Burghardt J, Kovacs G, Stackebrandt E. Reclassification of the species Kocuria erythromyxa (Brooks and Murray 1981) as Kocuria rosea (Flügge 1886). Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1999; 49:393-396. 🇩🇪
  • ⏰ According to Schumann et al. (1999), this species is an earlier heterotypic synonym of Deinococcus erythromyxa (ex Chester 1901) Brooks and Murray 1981. Publication: Schumann P, Spröer C, Burghardt J, Kovacs G, Stackebrandt E. Reclassification of the species Kocuria erythromyxa (Brooks and Murray 1981) as Kocuria rosea (Flügge 1886). Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1999; 49:393-396. 🇩🇪
  • ⏰ According to Schumann et al. (2000), this species is an earlier heterotypic synonym of Pelczaria aurantia Poston 1994. Publication: Schumann P, Tindall BJ, Mendrock U, Kramer I, Stackebrandt E. Pelczaria aurantia ATCC 49321T (=DSM 12801T) is a strain of Kocuria rosea (Flugge 1886) Stackebrandt et al. 1995. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2000; 50:1421-1424. 🇩🇪
  • 😩 Deposits incorrectly indicated in some sources as representing the type strain of this taxon: DSM 14382; MTCC 3702.
  • ❗ Micrococcus roseus 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 Micrococcus.
  • 😷 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 Swiss Confederation has been imported on 2024-02-01. The full classification is: risk group = 1. — The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2026-08-13. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "+". — The risk group for Taiwan has been imported on 2024-11-03. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "P650 = v". — 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 57 times 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 pathogenicity of the species itself.

Parent taxon: Micrococcus Cohn 1872 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Flügge C. Die Mikroorganismen, Auflage 2. F.C.W. Vogel, Leipzig, 1886.

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