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Species Staphylococcus saprophyticus
Name: Staphylococcus saprophyticus (Fairbrother 1940) Shaw et al. 1951 (Approved Lists 1980)
Basonym: "Staphylococcus saprophyticus" Fairbrother 1940
Etymology: sa.pro.phy’ti.cus. Gr. masc. adj. sapros, putrid; Gr. neut. n. phyton, plant; L. masc. adj. suff. -icus, suffix used with several meanings; N.L. masc. adj. saprophyticus, saprophytic, growing on dead tissues
Type strain: 01067; ATCC 15305; BCRC 10786; CCRC 10786; CCUG 3706; CIP 76.125; DSM 20229; IAM 12452; JCM 2427; LMG 13350; NBIMCC 3348; NBRC 102446; NCAIM B.01067; NCCB 73011; NCTC 7292; NRRL B-14751
Conduct genome-based taxonomy at
16S rRNA gene:
MG988385
Analyse
FASTA
Effective publication:
Shaw C, Stitt JM, Cowan ST. Staphylococci and their classification. J Gen Microbiol 1951; 5:1010-1023. 
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)
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Synonyms:
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Name Kind Staphylococcus saprophyticus subsp. bovis Hájek et al. 1996 heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP, distinct rank "Staphylococcus saprophyticus" Fairbrother 1940 homotypic synonym, not validly published, basonym of name in Approved Lists
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Emendations:
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Madhaiyan et al. 2020
Madhaiyan M, Wirth JS, Saravanan VS. Phylogenomic analyses of the Staphylococcaceae family suggest the reclassification of five species within the genus Staphylococcus as heterotypic synonyms, the promotion of five subspecies to novel species, the taxonomic reassignment of five Staphylococcus species to Mammaliicoccus gen. nov., and the formal assignment of Nosocomiicoccus to the family Staphylococcaceae. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:5926-5936.
Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 70, part 11 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2021; 71:4645.
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Madhaiyan et al. 2020
Madhaiyan M, Wirth JS, Saravanan VS. Phylogenomic analyses of the Staphylococcaceae family suggest the reclassification of five species within the genus Staphylococcus as heterotypic synonyms, the promotion of five subspecies to novel species, the taxonomic reassignment of five Staphylococcus species to Mammaliicoccus gen. nov., and the formal assignment of Nosocomiicoccus to the family Staphylococcaceae. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:5926-5936.
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Notes:
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🏢 Synonymy of this taxon was mentioned in an IJSEM list.
Publication:
Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 70, part 11 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2021; 71:4645.
- 🧬 The phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is 0.11298 (N = 9).
- 😷 The risk group for Belgium has been imported on 2024-02-05. The full classification is: risk group = 2, note = "human pathogen". — The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 2, note = "Animal classification RG: 1 - 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. — 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 964 times in PubMed until 2024-03-28.
- 🙆 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.
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🧍 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 2022; 168:0.
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🏢 Synonymy of this taxon was mentioned in an IJSEM list.
Publication:
Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 70, part 11 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2021; 71:4645.
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
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Child taxa:
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Name Nomenclatural status Taxonomic status Staphylococcus saprophyticus subsp. bovis Hájek et al. 1996 validly published under the ICNP synonym Staphylococcus saprophyticus subsp. saprophyticus (Fairbrother 1940) Hájek et al. 1996 validly published under the ICNP synonym of its species
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Parent taxon: Staphylococcus Rosenbach 1884 (Approved Lists 1980)
Assigned by:
Shaw C, Stitt JM, Cowan ST. Staphylococci and their classification. J Gen Microbiol 1951; 5:1010-1023.
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Record number: 781212
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