Name: Stomatococcus mucilaginosus (ex Migula 1900) Bergan and Kocur 1982

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov., nom. rev.

Etymology: mu.ci.la.gi.no’sus. N.L. masc. adj. mucilaginosus, slimy

Gender: masculine

Type strain: ATCC 25296; CCM 2417; CCUG 20962; CIP 71.14; DSM 20746; IFO 15673; JCM 10910; NBRC 15673; NCTC 10663

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: X87758 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Bergan T, Kocur M. Stomatococcus mucilaginosus gen. nov., sp. nov., ep. rev., a member of the family Micrococcaceae. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1982; 32:374-377.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Rothia mucilaginosa (Bergan and Kocur 1982 ex Migula 1900) Collins et al. 2000

Risk group: 2

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Rothia mucilaginosa (Bergan and Kocur 1982 ex Migula 1900) Collins et al. 2000	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Stomatococcus Bergan and Kocur 1982. Publication: Bergan T, Kocur M. Stomatococcus mucilaginosus gen. nov., sp. nov., ep. rev., a member of the family Micrococcaceae. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1982; 32:374-377.
  • ❗ Stomatococcus mucilaginosus is the correct name instead 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 Stomatococcus.
  • 😷 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 - Containment level: Containment Level 1". — 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 = 2. — 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 88 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.
  • 🧍 Nom. rev. / basonym "Micrococcus mucilaginosus". Publication: Migula W. System der Bakterien, Vol. 2. Gustav Fischer, Jena, 1900.

Parent taxon: Stomatococcus Bergan and Kocur 1982

Assigned by: Bergan T, Kocur M. Stomatococcus mucilaginosus gen. nov., sp. nov., ep. rev., a member of the family Micrococcaceae. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1982; 32:374-377.

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Record number: 781278