Species Staphylococcus durrellii

Name: Staphylococcus durrellii Fountain et al. 2021

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

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

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: sta-phy-lo-KOK-kus dur-REL-li-i, masculine

Type strain: 27_4_6_LY; DSM 111640; NCTC 14454

16S rRNA gene: MW186934 Analysetree FASTA download

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)

Parent taxon: Staphylococcus Rosenbach 1884 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: 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. 🇬🇧

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Record number: 18864

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