Name: Rothia kristinae (Kloos et al. 1974) Nouioui et al. 2018

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: Micrococcus kristinae Kloos et al. 1974 (Approved Lists 1980)

Etymology: kris’tin.ae. N.L. gen. fem. n. kristinae, of Kristin

Gender: feminine

Type strain: ATCC 27570; CCM 2690; CCUG 33026; CIP 81.69; DSM 20032; IEGM 390; IFO 15354; JCM 7237; LMG 14215; NBRC 15354; NCTC 11038; NRRL B-14835; VKM B-1811

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: X80749 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Nouioui I, Carro L, Garcia-Lopez M, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Woyke T, Kyrpides NC, Pukall R, Klenk HP, Goodfellow M, Goker M. Genome-Based Taxonomic Classification of the Phylum Actinobacteria. Front Microbiol 2018; 9:2007.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Validation list no. 184. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2018; 68:3379-3393.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name (and explicitly recommended for medical use)

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Micrococcus kristinae Kloos et al. 1974 (Approved Lists 1980)	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    Kocuria kristinae (Kloos et al. 1974) Stackebrandt et al. 1995	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • 😩 Deposit incorrectly indicated in some sources as representing the type strain of this taxon: CIP 81.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 4 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.
  • 🙆 This name is on the List of Recommended Names for bacteria of medical importance (LoRN) as the name to be applied to this species. The name is on LoRN because of the recorded pathogenicity of the species itself.

Parent taxon: Rothia Georg and Brown 1967 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Nouioui I, Carro L, Garcia-Lopez M, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Woyke T, Kyrpides NC, Pukall R, Klenk HP, Goodfellow M, Goker M. Genome-Based Taxonomic Classification of the Phylum Actinobacteria. Front Microbiol 2018; 9:2007.

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Record number: 798264