Species ***Staphylococcus* *chromogenes***

Name: Staphylococcus chromogenes (Devriese et al. 1978) Hájek et al. 1987

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: Staphylococcus hyicus subsp. chromogenes Devriese et al. 1978 (Approved Lists 1980)

Etymology: chro.mo’ge.nes. Gr. neut. n. chrôma, color; Gr. ind. v. gennaô, produce; N.L. masc. part. adj. chromogenes, producing color

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: sta-p^hy-lo-KOK-kus k^hro-MO-ge-nes, masculine

Type strain: 1462; A.C. Baird Parker CBCC 1462; ATCC 43764; CCM 3387; CCUG 4319; CIP 81.59; DSM 20454; NCTC 10530; NRRL B-14759

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16S rRNA gene: D83360 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Hajek V, Devriese LA, Mordarski M, Goodfellow M, Pulverer G, Varaldo PE. Elevation of Staphylococcus hyicus subsp. chromogenes (Devriese et al., 1978) to species status: Staphylococcus chromogenes (Devriese et al., 1978) comb. nov. Syst. Appl. Microbiol. 1986; 8:169-173.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Validation list no. 26. Validation of publication of new names and new combinations previously effectively published outside the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1988; 38:328-329.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

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

Risk group: 2

Synonyms:

Name	Kind
Staphylococcus hyicus subsp. chromogenes Devriese et al. 1978 (Approved Lists 1980)	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP, distinct rank

Notes:
- 😷 The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "Animal classification RG: 2 - Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No - Containment level: Containment Level 2". — The risk group for Swiss Confederation has been imported on 2024-02-01. The full classification is: risk group = 1. — The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2026-08-13. The full classification is: risk group = 2, note = "t". — 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 256 times in PubMed until 2026-06-11.
- 🫡 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 risk group of the species itself. This name is not taxonomically suspended any more in favour of Staphylococcus hyicus (Sompolinsky 1953) Devriese et al. 1978 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: Devriese LA, Hajek V, Oeding P, Meyer SA, Schleifer KH. Staphylococcus hyicus (Sompolinsky 1953) comb. nov. and Staphylococcus hyicus subsp. chromogenes subsp. nov. International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology 1978; 28:482-490. Skerman VBD, McGowan V, Sneath PHA. Approved lists of bacterial names. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1980; 30:225-420.
- 🧍 The date of valid publication of this name is in fact that of the first citation in a Validation List (List no. 23, published 9 April 1987) [2]. Publication: Euzeby JP, Kudo T. Corrigenda to the validation lists. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2001; 51:1933-1938. 🇫🇷
- 🧍 The species Staphylococcus chromogenes (effective publication: Hájek et al. 1986, type strain: strain NCTC 10530 = CCM 3387 = DSM 20454 = ATCC 43764) appears also on the Validation List no. 26 [1]. The date of valid publication of this name is in fact that of the first citation in a Validation List (List no. 23, published 9 April 1987) [2]. Publication: Anonymous. Validation list no. 26. Validation of publication of new names and new combinations previously effectively published outside the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1988; 38:328-329.

Parent taxon: Staphylococcus Rosenbach 1884 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Hajek V, Devriese LA, Mordarski M, Goodfellow M, Pulverer G, Varaldo PE. Elevation of Staphylococcus hyicus subsp. chromogenes (Devriese et al., 1978) to species status: Staphylococcus chromogenes (Devriese et al., 1978) comb. nov. Syst. Appl. Microbiol. 1986; 8:169-173.

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Species ***Staphylococcus* *chromogenes***