Name: Staphylococcus saprophyticus subsp. saprophyticus (Fairbrother 1940) Hájek et al. 1996

Category: Subspecies

Proposed as: subsp. nov. (rule 40d)

Basonym: "Staphylococcus saprophyticus" Fairbrother 1940

Etymology: sa.pro.phy’ti.cus. Gr. masc. adj. sapros, putrid; Gr. neut. n. phyton, plant; L. masc. adj. suff. -icus, suffix used with several meanings; N.L. masc. adj. saprophyticus, saprophytic, growing on dead tissues

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: sta-p^hy-lo-KOK-kus sa-pro-P^HY-ti-kus sa-pro-P^HY-ti-kus, masculine

Type strain: 01067; ATCC 15305; BCRC 10786; CCRC 10786; CCUG 3706; CIP 76.125; DSM 20229; IAM 12452; JCM 2427; LMG 13350; NBIMCC 3348; NBRC 102446; NCAIM B.01067; NCCB 73011; NCTC 7292; NRRL B-14751

Valid publication: Hajek V, Meugnier H, Bes M, Brun Y, Fiedler F, Chmela Z, Lasne Y, Fleurette J, Freney J. Staphylococcus saprophyticus subsp. bovis subsp. nov., isolated from bovine nostrils. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1996; 46:792-796. 🇫🇷

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 46, part 3 of the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1996; 46:1191.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

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

Risk group: 2

• Notes:
  • 📠 This subspecies was automatically created by the valid publication of Staphylococcus saprophyticus subsp. bovis Hájek et al. 1996 according to rule 40d. Publication: Hajek V, Meugnier H, Bes M, Brun Y, Fiedler F, Chmela Z, Lasne Y, Fleurette J, Freney J. Staphylococcus saprophyticus subsp. bovis subsp. nov., isolated from bovine nostrils. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1996; 46:792-796. 🇫🇷
  • ❗ Staphylococcus saprophyticus subsp. saprophyticus 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 saprophyticus within a separate genus Staphylococcus.
  • 😷 The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 2, note = "Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No". — The risk group for Swiss Confederation has been imported on 2024-02-01. The full classification is: risk group = 2. — 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, (Fairbrother 1940) Shaw et al. 1951, 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 saprophyticus (Fairbrother 1940) Shaw et al. 1951 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Hajek V, Meugnier H, Bes M, Brun Y, Fiedler F, Chmela Z, Lasne Y, Fleurette J, Freney J. Staphylococcus saprophyticus subsp. bovis subsp. nov., isolated from bovine nostrils. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1996; 46:792-796. 🇫🇷

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