Name: Staphylococcus carnosus subsp. utilis Probst et al. 1998

Category: Subspecies

Proposed as: subsp. nov.

Etymology: u.ti.lis. L. masc./fem. adj. utilis, useful

Gender: masculine

Type strain: CCUG 39903; CIP 105758; DSM 11676; JCM 6067; LTH 3728; NCTC 13826; SK 11

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: MF678871 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Probst AJ, Hertel C, Richter L, Wassill L, Ludwig W, Hammes WP. Staphylococcus condimenti sp. nov., from soy sauce mash, and Staphylococcus carnosus (Schleifer and Fischer 1982) subsp. utilis subsp. nov. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1998; 48:651-658.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 48, part 3 of the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1998; 48:1085-1087.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Staphylococcus carnosus Schleifer and Fischer 1982

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Staphylococcus carnosus Schleifer and Fischer 1982	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP, distinct rank

• Notes:
  • 🏢 Synonymy of this taxon was mentioned in an IJSEM list. Publication: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 70, part 11 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2021; 71:4645.
  • ❗ Staphylococcus carnosus subsp. utilis is the correct name instead if this subspecies is regarded as a separate subspecies (i.e., if its nomenclatural type is not assigned to another subspecies whose name is validly published, legitimate and not rejected and has priority) within a separate species Staphylococcus carnosus within a separate genus Staphylococcus.
  • 🧬 The phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is 0.17883 (N = 4).
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🧍 The proposal for the new subspecies Staphylococcus carnosus subsp. utilis Probst et al. 1998 is supported by the results of Pantucek et al. Publication: Pantucek R, Sedlacek I, Doskar J, Rosypal S. Complex genomic and phenotypic characterization of the related species Staphylococcus carnosus and Staphylococcus piscifermentans. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1999; 49:941-951.

Parent taxon: Staphylococcus carnosus Schleifer and Fischer 1982

Assigned by: Probst AJ, Hertel C, Richter L, Wassill L, Ludwig W, Hammes WP. Staphylococcus condimenti sp. nov., from soy sauce mash, and Staphylococcus carnosus (Schleifer and Fischer 1982) subsp. utilis subsp. nov. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1998; 48:651-658.

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Record number: 781177