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Species Staphylococcus piscifermentans
Name: Staphylococcus piscifermentans Tanasupawat et al. 1992
Etymology: pis.ci.fer.men’tans. L. gen. masc. n. piscis, fish; L. pres. part. fermentans, fermenting; N.L. masc. part. adj. piscifermentans, fish fermenting
Pronunciation, gender: … pis-ki-fer-MEN-tans, masculine
Type strain: ATCC 51136; CCUG 35133; CIP 103958; DSM 7373; JCM 6057; NRIC 1817; SK03; TISTR 824
See detailed strain information at
Conduct genome-based taxonomy at
16S rRNA gene:
Y15754
Analyse
FASTA
Valid publication:
Tanasupawat S, Hashimoto Y, Ezaki T, Kozaki M, Komagata K. Staphylococcus piscifermentans sp. nov., from fermented fish in Thailand. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1992; 42:577-581. 
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IJSEM list:
Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 42, part 4 of the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1993; 43:189.
Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP
Taxonomic status: correct name (and explicitly recommended for medical use)
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Notes:
- 😷 The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No". — 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 2023-10-29. 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 17 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.
- 🙆 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.
Parent taxon: Staphylococcus Rosenbach 1884 (Approved Lists 1980)
Assigned by:
Tanasupawat S, Hashimoto Y, Ezaki T, Kozaki M, Komagata K. Staphylococcus piscifermentans sp. nov., from fermented fish in Thailand. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1992; 42:577-581. 🇯🇵
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Record number: 781208
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