Name: Macrococcus caseolyticus subsp. hominis Mašlaňová et al. 2018

Category: Subspecies

Proposed as: subsp. nov.

Etymology: ho’mi.nis. L. gen. masc. n. hominis, of man, indicating that the strains were isolated from humans

Gender: masculine

Type strain: CCM 7927; DSM 103682

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: MH044686 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Maslanova I, Wertheimer Z, Sedlacek I, Svec P, Indrakova A, Kovarovic V, Schumann P, Sproer C, Kralova S, Sedo O, et al. Description and Comparative Genomics of Macrococcus caseolyticus subsp. hominis subsp. nov., Macrococcus goetzii sp. nov., Macrococcus epidermidis sp. nov., and Macrococcus bohemicus sp. nov., Novel Macrococci From Human Clinical Material With Virulence Potential and Suspected Uptake of Foreign DNA by Natural Transformation. Front Microbiol 2018; 9:1178.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Validation list no. 183. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2018; 68:2707-2709.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Macrococcoides caseolyticus subsp. hominis (Mašlaňová et al. 2018) Bello et al. 2024	homotypic synonym, inaccurate spelling
    Macrococcoides caseolyticum subsp. hominis corrig. (Mašlaňová et al. 2018) Bello et al. 2024	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

Parent taxon: Macrococcus caseolyticus (Schleifer et al. 1982 ex Evans 1916) Kloos et al. 1998

Assigned by: Maslanova I, Wertheimer Z, Sedlacek I, Svec P, Indrakova A, Kovarovic V, Schumann P, Sproer C, Kralova S, Sedo O, et al. Description and Comparative Genomics of Macrococcus caseolyticus subsp. hominis subsp. nov., Macrococcus goetzii sp. nov., Macrococcus epidermidis sp. nov., and Macrococcus bohemicus sp. nov., Novel Macrococci From Human Clinical Material With Virulence Potential and Suspected Uptake of Foreign DNA by Natural Transformation. Front Microbiol 2018; 9:1178.

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Record number: 797866