Name: Staphylococcus vitulinus corrig. Webster et al. 1994

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: vi.tu.li’nus. L. masc. adj. vitulinus, of a calf

Gender: masculine

Type strain: ATCC 51145; CCM 4511; CCUG 33636; CIP 104850; DD 756; DSM 15615

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16S rRNA gene: MT760110 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Webster JA, Bannerman TL, Hubner RJ, Ballard DN, Cole EM, Bruce JL, Fiedler F, Schubert K, Kloos WE. Identification of the Staphylococcus sciuri species group with EcoRI fragments containing rRNA sequences and description of Staphylococcus vitulus sp. nov. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1994; 44:454-460.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 44, part 3 of the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1994; 44:853.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Mammaliicoccus vitulinus (Webster et al. 1994) Madhaiyan et al. 2020

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Mammaliicoccus vitulinus (Webster et al. 1994) Madhaiyan et al. 2020	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    Staphylococcus pulvereri Zakrzewska-Czerwińska et al. 1995	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    Staphylococcus vitulus Webster et al. 1994	homotypic synonym, orthographic variant

• Emendations:
  • Švec et al. 2004 Svec P, Vancanneyt M, Sedlacek I, Engelbeen K, Stetina V, Swings J, Petras P. Reclassification of Staphylococcus pulvereri Zakrzewska-Czerwinska et al. 1995 as a later synonym of Staphylococcus vitulinus Webster et al. 1994. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004; 54:2213-2215. Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 54, part 6 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2005; 55:551-554.
    Notes:
    • Emendation accompanied by a proposal regarding the synonymy of the species.

• Notes:
  • According to Svec et al. (2004), this species is an earlier heterotypic synonym of Staphylococcus pulvereri Zakrzewska-Czerwińska et al. 1995. Publication: Svec P, Vancanneyt M, Sedlacek I, Engelbeen K, Stetina V, Swings J, Petras P. Reclassification of Staphylococcus pulvereri Zakrzewska-Czerwinska et al. 1995 as a later synonym of Staphylococcus vitulinus Webster et al. 1994. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004; 54:2213-2215.
  • Staphylococcus vitulinus is the correct name if this species is regarded as a separate species (i.e., if its nomenclatural type is not assigned to another species whose name is validly published, legitimate and not rejected and has priority) within a separate genus Staphylococcus.
  • Listed as vitulus in the notification list. Publication: Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 44, part 3 of the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1994; 44:853.
  • Nom. corrig.: IJSB 48:615; Staphylococcus vitulus (sic). Publication: Trüper HG, De' Clari L. Taxonomic note: erratum and correction of further specific epithets formed as substantives (nouns) "in apposition". Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1998; 48:615.
  • Practically all characteristics of three strains (including the type strain) of Staphylococcus pulvereri Zakrzewska-Czerwińska et al. 1995 are in conformity with those described for the species Staphylococcus vitulinus corrig. Webster et al. 1994. The author supposes that these strains actually belong to the species Staphylococcus vitulinus. Publication: Petras P. Staphylococcus pulvereri = Staphylococcus vitulus? Int J Syst Bacteriol 1998; 48:617-618.
  • The original spelling of the specific epithet, vitulus (sic), has been corrected by Trüper and De' Clari 1998. Publication: Trüper HG, De' Clari L. Taxonomic note: erratum and correction of further specific epithets formed as substantives (nouns) "in apposition". Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1998; 48:615.
  • The ribotypes of Staphylococcus vitulinus strains were either similar or identical to those of strains Staphylococcus pulvereri. This observation suggests strongly that they belong to the same species. It is nevertheless, possible that they are different subspecies. Publication: Kloos WE, Hardie JM, Whiley RA. International Committee on Systematic Bacteriology. Subcommittee on the taxonomy of staphylococci and streptococci. Minutes of the meetings, 17 September 1996, Institut Pasteur, Paris, France. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol. 2001; 51:717-718.
  • The synonymy between Staphylococcus vitulinus and Staphylococcus pulvereri is supported by the Subcommittee on the taxonomy of staphylococci and streptococci. Publication: Kloos WE, Hardie JM, Whiley RA. International Committee on Systematic Bacteriology. Subcommittee on the taxonomy of staphylococci and streptococci. Minutes of the meetings, 17 September 1996, Institut Pasteur, Paris, France. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol. 2001; 51:717-718.
  • The full TRBA 466 classification is: risk group = 1, note = "+".

Parent taxon: Staphylococcus Rosenbach 1884 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Webster JA, Bannerman TL, Hubner RJ, Ballard DN, Cole EM, Bruce JL, Fiedler F, Schubert K, Kloos WE. Identification of the Staphylococcus sciuri species group with EcoRI fragments containing rRNA sequences and description of Staphylococcus vitulus sp. nov. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1994; 44:454-460.

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