Species Staphylococcus caseolyticus

Name: Staphylococcus caseolyticus (ex Evans 1916) Schleifer et al. 1982

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov., nom. rev.

Etymology: ca.se.o.ly.ti.cus. L. masc. n. caseus, cheese; N.L. masc. adj. lyticus, able to loose, able to dissolve; from Gr. masc. adj. lytikos, dissolving; N.L. masc. adj. caseolyticus, casein-dissolving

Gender: masculine

Type strain: ATCC 13548; CCM 3540; CCUG 15606; CIP 100755; DD 4508; DSM 20597

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: Y15711 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Schleifer KH, Kilpper-Bälz R, Fischer U, Faller A, Endl J. Identification of "Micrococcus candidus" ATCC 14852 as a strain of Staphylococcus epidermidis and of "Micrococcus caseolyticus" ATCC 13548 and Micrococcus varians ATCC 29750 as members of a new species, Staphylococcus caseolyticus. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1982; 32:15-20.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Macrococcus caseolyticus (Schleifer et al. 1982 ex Evans 1916) Kloos et al. 1998

Risk group: 1

Synonyms:

Name	Kind
"Macrococcoides caseolyticus" (Schleifer et al. 1982 ex Evans 1916) Bello et al. 2023	homotypic synonym, not validly published
Macrococcus caseolyticus (Schleifer et al. 1982 ex Evans 1916) Kloos et al. 1998	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

Notes:
- Staphylococcus caseolyticus is the correct name 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 Staphylococcus.
- The full TRBA 466 classification is: risk group = 1, note = "t+".

Parent taxon: Staphylococcus Rosenbach 1884 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Schleifer KH, Kilpper-Bälz R, Fischer U, Faller A, Endl J. Identification of "Micrococcus candidus" ATCC 14852 as a strain of Staphylococcus epidermidis and of "Micrococcus caseolyticus" ATCC 13548 and Micrococcus varians ATCC 29750 as members of a new species, Staphylococcus caseolyticus. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1982; 32:15-20.

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Record number: 781178

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