Name: Staphylococcus hominis subsp. hominis (Kloos and Schleifer 1975) Kloos et al. 1998

Category: Subspecies

Proposed as: subsp. nov.

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

Etymology: ho’mi.nis. L. gen. masc. n. hominis, of a human being, named for the host on whose skin this species is commonly found

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: sta-p^hy-lo-KOK-kus HO-mi-nis HO-mi-nis, masculine

Type strain: ATCC 27844; CCUG 35516; CIP 102258; CIP 81.57; DM 122; DSM 20328; JCM 2419; LMG 13348; NCTC 11320; NRRL B-14737

Valid publication: Kloos WE, George CG, Olgiate JS, Van Pelt L, McKinnon ML, Zimmer BL, Muller E, Weinstein MP, Mirrett S. Staphylococcus hominis subsp. novobiosepticus subsp. nov., a novel trehalose- and N-acetyl-D-glucosamine-negative, novobiocin- and multiple-antibiotic-resistant subspecies isolated from human blood cultures. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1998; 48:799-812. 🇺🇸

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: correct name (and explicitly recommended for medical use)

Risk group: 2

• Notes:
  • 🙋 This subspecies could be automatically created (rule 40d) by the valid publication of Staphylococcus hominis subsp. novobiosepticus Kloos et al. 1998 but an explicit description was also provided. Publication: Kloos WE, George CG, Olgiate JS, Van Pelt L, McKinnon ML, Zimmer BL, Muller E, Weinstein MP, Mirrett S. Staphylococcus hominis subsp. novobiosepticus subsp. nov., a novel trehalose- and N-acetyl-D-glucosamine-negative, novobiocin- and multiple-antibiotic-resistant subspecies isolated from human blood cultures. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1998; 48:799-812. 🇺🇸
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2026-08-13. 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.
  • 🙆 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.
  • 🧍 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 hominis Kloos and Schleifer 1975 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Kloos WE, George CG, Olgiate JS, Van Pelt L, McKinnon ML, Zimmer BL, Muller E, Weinstein MP, Mirrett S. Staphylococcus hominis subsp. novobiosepticus subsp. nov., a novel trehalose- and N-acetyl-D-glucosamine-negative, novobiocin- and multiple-antibiotic-resistant subspecies isolated from human blood cultures. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1998; 48:799-812. 🇺🇸

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