Etymology:dur.rel’li.i.N.L. gen. masc. n.durrellii, after the innovative naturalist and conservationist Gerald Durrell who founded Jersey Zoo and played a vital role in the establishment of the captive breeding colony of Livingstone’s bats from which the strain was isolated
Valid publication:
Fountain K, Gibbon MJ, Loeffler A, Feil EJ. Closed genome sequences of Staphylococcus lloydii sp. nov. and Staphylococcus durrellii sp. nov. isolated from captive fruit bats (Pteropus livingstonii). Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2019; 71:0. 🇬🇧
IJSEM list:
Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 71, part 3 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2021; 71:4812.
Nomenclatural status:
validly published under the ICNP
Taxonomic status:
correct name (and explicitly recommended for medical use)
Notes:
🎓 Name mentioned 1 time 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 genus.