Species Staphylococcus lutrae

Name: Staphylococcus lutrae Foster et al. 1997

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: lu’trae. N.L. gen. fem. n. lutrae, of an otter

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: sta-phy-lo-KOK-kus LU-tra͡e, masculine

Type strain: ATCC 700373; CCUG 38494; CIP 105399; DSM 10244; M340/94/1

16S rRNA gene: MF678890 Analysetree FASTA download

Valid publication: Foster G, Ross HM, Hutson RA, Collins MD. Staphylococcus lutrae sp. nov., a new coagulase-positive species isolated from otters. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1997; 47:724-726. 🇬🇧

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 47, part 3 of the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1997; 47:1275-1276.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

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

Risk group: 2

Parent taxon: Staphylococcus Rosenbach 1884 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Foster G, Ross HM, Hutson RA, Collins MD. Staphylococcus lutrae sp. nov., a new coagulase-positive species isolated from otters. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1997; 47:724-726. 🇬🇧

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Record number: 781203

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