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

Gender: 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 Teil 2, Auflage 3. 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

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

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    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
    Kocuria erythromyxa (Brooks and Murray 1981) Rainey et al. 1997	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) 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.
  • Micrococcus roseus is the correct name 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.

Parent taxon: Micrococcus Cohn 1872 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Flügge C. Die Mikroorganismen Teil 2, Auflage 3. F.C.W. Vogel, Leipzig, 1886.

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Record number: 778130