Name: Nosocomiicoccus ampullae Morais et al. 2008

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: am.pul’lae. L. gen. fem. n. ampullae, of a bottle, of a flask, referring to the isolation of the first strains from bottles containing physiological saline

Gender: masculine

Type strain: CIP 109506; DSM 19163; LMG 24060; TRF-1

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: EU240886 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Alves M, Nogueira C, de Magalhaes-Sant'ana A, Chung AP, Morais PV, da Costa MS. Nosocomiicoccus ampullae gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from the surface of bottles of saline solution used in wound cleansing. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008; 58:2939-2944.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 58, part 12 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009; 59:452-453.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Nosocomiicoccus Morais et al. 2008. Publication: Alves M, Nogueira C, de Magalhaes-Sant'ana A, Chung AP, Morais PV, da Costa MS. Nosocomiicoccus ampullae gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from the surface of bottles of saline solution used in wound cleansing. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008; 58:2939-2944.
  • ✏ The authority of the taxon name (Morais et al.) deliberately differs from the authors of the publication (Alves et al.).
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "+".
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 4 times in PubMed until 2024-03-28.
  • 🧍 In the contents list, the third author's name is erroneously cited as cited as "A. C. de Magalhães-Sant'Ana". Publication: Euzeby JP. List of Bacterial Names with Standing in Nomenclature: a folder available on the Internet. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1997; 47:590-592.
  • 🧍 Complete authorship reads: Morais, Chung and da Costa.

Parent taxon: Nosocomiicoccus Morais et al. 2008

Assigned by: Alves M, Nogueira C, de Magalhaes-Sant'ana A, Chung AP, Morais PV, da Costa MS. Nosocomiicoccus ampullae gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from the surface of bottles of saline solution used in wound cleansing. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008; 58:2939-2944.

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