Species Staphylococcus caledonicus

Name: Staphylococcus caledonicus Newstead et al. 2021

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: ca.le.do’ni.cus. N.L. masc. adj. caledonicus, from Caledonia (Scotland), the country where the type strain was isolated

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: sta-phy-lo-KOK-kus ka-le-DO-ni-kus, masculine

Type strain: CCUG 74789; H8/1; NCTC 14452

16S rRNA gene: MT671558 Analysetree FASTA download

Valid publication: Newstead LL, Harris J, Goodbrand S, Varjonen K, Nuttall T, Paterson GK. Staphylococcus caledonicus sp. nov. and Staphylococcus canis sp. nov. isolated from healthy domestic dogs. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2021; 71:4878. 🇬🇧

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 71, part 7 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2021; 71:5006.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

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

Risk group: 1

Parent taxon: Staphylococcus Rosenbach 1884 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Newstead LL, Harris J, Goodbrand S, Varjonen K, Nuttall T, Paterson GK. Staphylococcus caledonicus sp. nov. and Staphylococcus canis sp. nov. isolated from healthy domestic dogs. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2021; 71:4878. 🇬🇧

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Record number: 20149

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