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Species Staphylococcus capitis
Name: Staphylococcus capitis Kloos and Schleifer 1975 (Approved Lists 1980)
Etymology: ca.pi.tis. L. neut. n. caput, head; L. gen. neut. n. capitis, of the head, pertaining to that part of the human body where cutaneous populations of this species are usually the largest and most frequent
Type strain: ATCC 27840; CCM 2734; CCUG 7326; CIP 81.53; DSM 20326; JCM 2420; LMG 13353; NCTC 11045; NRRL B-14752
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16S rRNA gene:
MF678867
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FASTA
Effective publication:
Kloos WE, Schleifer KH. Isolation and characterization of staphylococci from human skin. II. Description of four new species: Staphylococcus warneri, Staphylococcus capitis, Staphylococcus hominis, and Staphylococcus simulans. International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology 1975; 25:62-79. 
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: correct name
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Notes:
- 😷 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". — If in doubt, use the risk group given in the regulations for your country and, if these are not available, use the risk group given in the catalogue of the culture collection from which you have obtained or intend to obtain the strain.
- 🎓 Name mentioned 358 times in PubMed until 2024-03-28.
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🧍 According to Bartlett et al. (2022), this species is an established human pathogen.
Publication:
Bartlett A, Padfield D, Lear L, Bendall R, Vos M. A comprehensive list of bacterial pathogens infecting humans. Microbiology 2022; 168:0.
Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 2
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 2
Total number of child taxa: 3
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Child taxa:
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Name Nomenclatural status Taxonomic status Staphylococcus capitis subsp. capitis (Kloos and Schleifer 1975) Bannerman and Kloos 1991 validly published under the ICNP correct name Staphylococcus capitis subsp. urealyticus corrig. Bannerman and Kloos 1991 validly published under the ICNP correct name Staphylococcus capitis subsp. ureolyticus Bannerman and Kloos 1991 inaccurate spelling misspelling
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Parent taxon: Staphylococcus Rosenbach 1884 (Approved Lists 1980)
Assigned by:
Kloos WE, Schleifer KH. Isolation and characterization of staphylococci from human skin. II. Description of four new species: Staphylococcus warneri, Staphylococcus capitis, Staphylococcus hominis, and Staphylococcus simulans. International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology 1975; 25:62-79.
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Record number: 784962
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