Name: Peptococcus saccharolyticus (Foubert and Douglas 1948) Douglas 1957 (Approved Lists 1980)

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: "Micrococcus saccharolyticus" Foubert and Douglas 1948

Etymology: sac.cha.ro.ly’ti.cus. Gr. neut. n. sakchar, sugar; N.L. masc. adj. lyticus, able to loose, able to dissolve; from Gr. masc. adj. lytikos, dissolving; N.L. masc. adj. saccharolyticus, sugar-digesting

Gender: masculine

Type strain: ATCC 14953; CCUG 24040; CCUG 9989; CIP 103275; DSM 20359; NCTC 11807; NRRL B-14778

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: MF678903 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Douglas HC. Genus VI. Peptococcus Kluyver and vanNiel 1936. In: Breed RS, Murray EGD, Smith NR (eds), Bergey's Manual of Determinative Bacteriology, 7th edition, The Williams & Wilkins Co, Baltimore, 1957, p. 474-480.

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: Staphylococcus saccharolyticus (Foubert and Douglas 1948) Kilpper-Bälz and Schleifer 1984

Risk group: 2

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    "Micrococcus saccharolyticus" Foubert and Douglas 1948	homotypic synonym, not validly published, basonym of name in Approved Lists
    Staphylococcus saccharolyticus (Foubert and Douglas 1948) Kilpper-Bälz and Schleifer 1984	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • ❗ Peptococcus saccharolyticus 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 Peptococcus.
  • 😷 The risk group for Belgium has been imported on 2024-02-05. The full classification is: risk group = 2, note = "human pathogen". — The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 2, note = "Animal classification RG: 1 - Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No - Containment level: Containment Level 2". — The risk group for Swiss Confederation has been imported on 2024-02-01. The full classification is: risk group = 2. — The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 2.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 12 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.
  • 🧍 The distinct name Peptococcus asaccharolyticus from the same publication has a similar spelling. Publication: Angell RC, Freund GE, Willett P. Automatic spelling correction using a trigram similarity measure. Information Processing and Management 1983; 19:255-261.

Parent taxon: Peptococcus Kluyver and van Niel 1936 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Douglas HC. Genus VI. Peptococcus Kluyver and vanNiel 1936. In: Breed RS, Murray EGD, Smith NR (eds), Bergey's Manual of Determinative Bacteriology, 7th edition, The Williams & Wilkins Co, Baltimore, 1957, p. 474-480.

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Record number: 779371