Name: Staphylococcus capitis subsp. capitis (Kloos and Schleifer 1975) Bannerman and Kloos 1991

Category: Subspecies

Proposed as: subsp. nov. (rule 40d)

Basonym: Staphylococcus capitis Kloos and Schleifer 1975 (Approved Lists 1980)

Etymology: ca’pi.tis. L. neut. n. caput, head; L. gen. neut. n. capitis, of the head, pertaining to that part of the human body where cutaneous populations of this species are usually the largest and most frequent

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: sta-p^hy-lo-KOK-kus KA-pi-tis KA-pi-tis, masculine

Type strain: ATCC 27840; CCM 2734; CCUG 7326; CIP 81.53; DSM 20326; JCM 2420; LMG 13353; NCTC 11045; NRRL B-14752

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Valid publication: Bannerman TL, Kloos WE. Staphylococcus capitis subsp. ureolyticus subsp. nov. from human skin. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1991; 41:144-147. 🇺🇸

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name (and explicitly recommended for medical use)

Risk group: 2

• Notes:
  • 📠 This subspecies was automatically created by the valid publication of Staphylococcus capitis subsp. urealyticus corrig. Bannerman and Kloos 1991 according to rule 40d. Publication: Bannerman TL, Kloos WE. Staphylococcus capitis subsp. ureolyticus subsp. nov. from human skin. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1991; 41:144-147. 🇺🇸
  • 😷 The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 2, note = "Animal classification RG: 1 - 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 2026-08-13. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "+". — 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.
  • 🙆 This name is on the List of Recommended Names for bacteria of medical importance (LoRN) as the name to be applied to this subspecies. The name is on LoRN because of the recorded risk group of the species itself.
  • 🧍 This name was not found in the expected IJSEM notification list.
  • 🧍 The original authorship, Kloos and Schleifer 1975, was corrected according to the new Rule 40d. Publication: Garrity GM, Labeda DP, Oren A. Judicial Commission of the International Committee on Systematics of Prokaryotes. XIIth International (IUMS) Congress of Bacteriology and Applied Microbiology. Minutes of the meetings, 3, 4 and 6 August 2008, Istanbul, Turkey. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol. 2011; 61:2775-2780. 🇺🇸

Parent taxon: Staphylococcus capitis Kloos and Schleifer 1975 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Bannerman TL, Kloos WE. Staphylococcus capitis subsp. ureolyticus subsp. nov. from human skin. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1991; 41:144-147. 🇺🇸

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Record number: 781172