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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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

Risk group: 2

• Notes:
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 2.

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