Species ***Staphylococcus* *hyicus***

Classification:

Bacteria Bacillati Bacillota Bacilli Caryophanales Staphylococcaceae Staphylococcus Staphylococcus hyicus

Name: Staphylococcus hyicus (Sompolinsky 1953) Devriese et al. 1978 (Approved Lists 1980)

Category, proposed as: species, comb. nov.

Basonym: "Micrococcus hyicus" Sompolinsky 1953

Etymology: hy’i.cus. Gr. masc./fem. n. hŷs (gen. hyos), hog, pig; N.L. masc. adj. hyicus, pertaining to a pig

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: sta-p^hy-lo-KOK-kus HY-i-kus, masculine

Type strain: ATCC 11249; CCM 2368; CCUG 6509; CIP 81.58; DSM 20459; D. Sompolinsky n° 1; JCM 2423; LMG 13352; NBIMCC 1094; NCTC 10350

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: D83368 Analyse FASTA

Effective 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.

IJSEM list: Skerman VBD, McGowan V, Sneath PHA. Approved lists of bacterial names. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1980; 30:225-420.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

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

Risk group: 2

Synonyms:

Name	Kind
"Micrococcus hyicus" Sompolinsky 1953	homotypic synonym, not validly published, basonym of name in Approved Lists

Notes:
- 😷 The risk group for Belgium has been imported on 2024-02-05. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "default: 1 animal pathogen - biological class of risk animal: 2; hyicus: 1 animal pathogen - biological class of risk animal: 2". — The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 2, 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 = 2, note = "PV". — The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2026-08-13. The full classification is: risk group = 2, note = "t". — The risk group for Taiwan has been imported on 2024-11-03. The full classification is: risk group = 2, note = "P650 = v". — 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 375 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.
- 🧍 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. 🇬🇧
- 🧍 On the Approved Lists of Bacterial Names and on the Approved Lists of Bacterial Names (Amended Edition), the page numbers of the publication by Sompolinsky are cited as 302-339. — On the Approved Lists of Bacterial Names and on the Approved Lists of Bacterial Names (Amended Edition), this taxon is incorrectly cited as Staphylococcus hyicus (Sompolinski [sic] 1953) Devriese et al. 1978. Publication: Skerman VBD, McGowan V, Sneath PHA. Approved lists of bacterial names. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1980; 30:225-420.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 0
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 2
Total number of child taxa: 2

Child taxa:

Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
Staphylococcus hyicus subsp. chromogenes Devriese et al. 1978 (Approved Lists 1980)	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
Staphylococcus hyicus subsp. hyicus (Sompolinsky 1953) Devriese et al. 1978 (Approved Lists 1980)	validly published under the ICNP	synonym of its species

Parent taxon: Staphylococcus Rosenbach 1884 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: 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.

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Record number: 781196

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