Species Staphylococcus agnetis

Name: Staphylococcus agnetis Taponen et al. 2012

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: a’gne.tis. N.L. gen. fem. n. agnetis, of Agnes, named in honour of Europe’s first female veterinary surgeon, the Finn, Agnes Sjöberg (1888-1964), who struggled her way into the profession, despite resistance from her male colleagues

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: sta-phy-lo-KOK-kus A-n͡gne-tis, masculine

Type strain: 6-4; CCUG 59809; DSM 23656

16S rRNA gene: MF678861 Analysetree FASTA download

Valid publication: Taponen S, Supre K, Piessens V, Van Coillie E, De Vliegher S, Koort JM. Staphylococcus agnetis sp. nov., a coagulase-variable species from bovine subclinical and mild clinical mastitis. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2012; 62:61-65. 🇫🇮

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 62, part 1 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2012; 62:757-758.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

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

Risk group: 2

Parent taxon: Staphylococcus Rosenbach 1884 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Taponen S, Supre K, Piessens V, Van Coillie E, De Vliegher S, Koort JM. Staphylococcus agnetis sp. nov., a coagulase-variable species from bovine subclinical and mild clinical mastitis. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2012; 62:61-65. 🇫🇮

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