Name: Staphylococcus petrasii subsp. pragensis Švec et al. 2015

Category: Subspecies

Proposed as: subsp. nov.

Etymology: prag.en’sis. L. masc./fem. adj. pragensis, of Praga, the Latin name for Prague (capital of the Czech Republic), pertaining to Prague where the type strain and two other strains were isolated

Gender: masculine

Type strain: CCM 8529; LMG 28327; NRL/St 12/356

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: MF678897 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Svec P, De Bel A, Sedlacek I, Petras P, Gelbicova T, Cernohlavkova J, Maslan ova I, Cnockaert M, Varbanovova I, Echahidi F, et al. Staphylococcus petrasii subsp. pragensis subsp. nov., occurring in human clinical material. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2015; 65:2071-2077.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 65, part 7 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2015; 65:3233-3234.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Staphylococcus pragensis (Švec et al. 2015) Madhaiyan et al. 2020

Risk group: 2

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Staphylococcus pragensis (Švec et al. 2015) Madhaiyan et al. 2020	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP, distinct rank

• Notes:
  • ❗ Staphylococcus petrasii subsp. pragensis 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 petrasii within a separate genus Staphylococcus.
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 2.

Parent taxon: Staphylococcus petrasii Pantůček et al. 2013

Assigned by: Svec P, De Bel A, Sedlacek I, Petras P, Gelbicova T, Cernohlavkova J, Maslan ova I, Cnockaert M, Varbanovova I, Echahidi F, et al. Staphylococcus petrasii subsp. pragensis subsp. nov., occurring in human clinical material. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2015; 65:2071-2077.

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Record number: 792915