Name:Staphylococcusstepanovicii Hauschild et al. 2012
Category: Species
Proposed as: sp. nov.
Etymology:ste.pa.no.vi’ci.i.N.L. gen. masc. n.stepanovicii, of Stepanović, named in honour of Serbian microbiologist Srdjan Stepanović, 1965-2009, for his contributions to the study of members of the Staphylococcus sciuri group
Effective publication:
Hauschild T, Stepanovic S, Zakrzewska-Czerwinska J. Staphylococcus stepanovicii sp. nov., a novel novobiocin-resistant oxidase-positive staphylococcal species isolated from wild small mammals. Syst Appl Microbiol 2010; 33:183-187. 🇵🇱
IJSEM list:
Euzeby JP. Validation list no. 146. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2012; 62:1443-1445.
Nomenclatural status:
validly published under the ICNP
Taxonomic status:
correct name (and explicitly recommended for medical use)
homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
Notes:
😷 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 5 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 genus.