Subscribe to our newsletter
To receive updates from LPSN every few months, sign up to our mailing list.
Species Staphylococcus simulans
Name: Staphylococcus simulans Kloos and Schleifer 1975 (Approved Lists 1980)
Etymology: si’mu.lans. L. masc. part. adj. simulans, imitating, named for having similarities to certain coagulase-positive staphylococci, including Staphylococcus aureus
Type strain: ATCC 27848; CCUG 7327; CCUG 7327 A; CIP 81.64; DSM 20322; HAMBI 2058; JCM 2424; NCTC 11046; NRRL B-14753
See detailed strain information at
Conduct genome-based taxonomy at
16S rRNA gene:
D83373
Analyse
FASTA
Effective publication:
Kloos WE, Schleifer KH. Isolation and characterization of staphylococci from human skin. II. Description of four new species: Staphylococcus warneri, Staphylococcus capitis, Staphylococcus hominis, and Staphylococcus simulans. International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology 1975; 25:62-79. 
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)
-
Notes:
- 😷 The risk group for Belgium has been imported on 2024-02-05. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "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 = 1, note = "PIIC". — 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 315 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 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 2022; 168:0.
Parent taxon: Staphylococcus Rosenbach 1884 (Approved Lists 1980)
Assigned by:
Kloos WE, Schleifer KH. Isolation and characterization of staphylococci from human skin. II. Description of four new species: Staphylococcus warneri, Staphylococcus capitis, Staphylococcus hominis, and Staphylococcus simulans. International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology 1975; 25:62-79.
Linking: To permanently link to this page, use https://lpsn.dsmz.de/species/staphylococcus-simulansLink copied to clipboard
Record number: 781222
This LPSN page was printed on 2025-07-10 08:07:20