Name: Staphylococcus hyicus subsp. hyicus (Sompolinsky 1953) Devriese et al. 1978 (Approved Lists 1980)

Category: Subspecies

Proposed as: subsp. nov.

Basonym: "Micrococcus hyicus" Sompolinsky 1953

Etymology: hy’i.cus. Gr. masc./fem. n. hŷs (gen. hyos), hog, pig; N.L. masc. adj. hyicus, pertaining to a pig

Pronunciation, gender: HY-i-kus, masculine

Type strain: ATCC 11249; CCM 2368; CCUG 6509; CIP 81.58; DSM 20459; D. Sompolinsky n° 1; JCM 2423; LMG 13352; NBIMCC 1094; NCTC 10350

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Effective publication: Devriese LA, Hajek V, Oeding P, Meyer SA, Schleifer KH. Staphylococcus hyicus (Sompolinsky 1953) comb. nov. and Staphylococcus hyicus subsp. chromogenes subsp. nov. International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology 1978; 28:482-490.

IJSEM list: Skerman VBD, McGowan V, Sneath PHA. Approved lists of bacterial names. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1980; 30:225-420.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: synonym of its species (division into subspecies abandoned)

Risk group: 2

• Notes:
  • 🙋 This subspecies could be automatically created (rule 40d) by the valid publication of Staphylococcus hyicus subsp. chromogenes Devriese et al. 1978 (Approved Lists 1980) but an explicit description was also provided. Publication: Devriese LA, Hajek V, Oeding P, Meyer SA, Schleifer KH. Staphylococcus hyicus (Sompolinsky 1953) comb. nov. and Staphylococcus hyicus subsp. chromogenes subsp. nov. International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology 1978; 28:482-490.
  • ❗ Staphylococcus hyicus subsp. hyicus 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 hyicus within a separate genus Staphylococcus.
  • 😷 The risk group for Belgium has been imported on 2024-02-05. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "animal pathogen - biological class of risk animal: 2". — The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 2, note = "t". — 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.
  • 🧍 On the Approved Lists of Bacterial Names and on the Approved Lists of Bacterial Names (Amended Edition), this taxon is incorrectly cited as Staphylococcus hyicus subsp. hyicus (Sompolinski [sic] 1953) Devriese et al. 1978. — On the Approved Lists of Bacterial Names and on the Approved Lists of Bacterial Names (Amended Edition), the page numbers of the publication by Sompolinsky are cited as 302-339. — If an author accepts the elevation of Staphylococcus hyicus subsp. chromogenes Devriese et al. 1978 (Approved Lists 1980) to full species status, then Staphylococcus hyicus subsp. hyicus (Sompolinski 1953) Devriese et al. 1978 (Approved Lists 1980) should thereafter be designated simply as Staphylococcus hyicus (Sompolinski 1953) Devriese et al. 1978 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: Skerman VBD, McGowan V, Sneath PHA. Approved lists of bacterial names. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1980; 30:225-420.

Parent taxon: Staphylococcus hyicus (Sompolinsky 1953) Devriese et al. 1978 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Devriese LA, Hajek V, Oeding P, Meyer SA, Schleifer KH. Staphylococcus hyicus (Sompolinsky 1953) comb. nov. and Staphylococcus hyicus subsp. chromogenes subsp. nov. International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology 1978; 28:482-490.

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Record number: 784964