Name: Staphylococcus hominis subsp. novobiosepticus Kloos et al. 1998

Category: Subspecies

Proposed as: subsp. nov.

Etymology: no.vo.bi.o.sep.ti.cus. N.L. neut. n. novobiocinum, novobiocin; L. masc. adj. septicus, septic; N.L. masc. adj. novobiosepticus, intended to mean resistant to novobiocin and growing in blood

Gender: masculine

Type strain: ATCC 700236; CCUG 42399; CIP 105719; DSM 15614; R22

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: KT989858 Analyse FASTA

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:
  • 😷 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.
  • 🙆 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.

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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Record number: 781195