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Species Staphylococcus equorum

Classification: 

Bacteria Bacillati Bacillota Bacilli Caryophanales Staphylococcaceae Staphylococcus Staphylococcus equorum

Name: Staphylococcus equorum Schleifer et al. 1985

Category, proposed as: species, sp. nov.

Etymology: e.quo’rum. L. gen. masc. pl. n. equorum, of horses

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: sta-phy-lo-KOK-kus e-KWO-rum, masculine

Type strain: ATCC 43958; CCUG 30109; CIP 103502; DSM 20674; NCTC 12414; NRRL B-14765; PA231

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16S rRNA gene: AB009939 Analysetree FASTA download

Effective publication: Schleifer KH, Kilpper-Balz R, Devriese LA. Staphylococcus arlettae sp. nov., S. equorum sp. nov. and S. kloosii sp. nov. : three New coagulase-negative, novobiocin-resistant species from animals. Syst. Appl. Microbiol. 1984; 5:501-509. 🇩🇪

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Validation list no. 17. Validation of publication of new names and new combinations previously effectively published outside the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1985; 35:223-225.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

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

Risk group: 1

  • Emendations:
    • Jeong et al. 2013 Jeong DW, Kim HR, Han S, Jeon CO, Lee JH. A proposal to unify two subspecies of Staphylococcus equorum: Staphylococcus equorum subsp. equorum and Staphylococcus equorum subsp. linens. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek 2013; 104:1049-1062. 🇰🇷 Oren A, Garrity GM. List of changes in taxonomic opinion no. 20. Notification of changes in taxonomic opinion previously published outside the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2014; 64:2191-2192.
  • Notes:
    • 📧 The e-mail address of the corresponding author given in the effective publication is not functional any more.
    • 😷 The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "Animal classification RG: 1 - Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No - Containment level: Containment Level 1". — 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 = 1. — 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 208 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 pathogenicity of the species itself.
    • 🧍 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 (Reading) 2022; 168:0. 🇬🇧
    • 🧍 In Validation List no. 17, the year of the effective publication is erroneously cited as 1985. — Subsequently, this species has been divided into subspecies (see: below). Publication: Anonymous. Validation list no. 17. Validation of publication of new names and new combinations previously effectively published outside the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1985; 35:223-225.

Subdivision:

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: 2

Parent taxon: Staphylococcus Rosenbach 1884 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Schleifer KH, Kilpper-Balz R, Devriese LA. Staphylococcus arlettae sp. nov., S. equorum sp. nov. and S. kloosii sp. nov. : three New coagulase-negative, novobiocin-resistant species from animals. Syst. Appl. Microbiol. 1984; 5:501-509. 🇩🇪

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Record number: 781186

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