Name: Staphylococcus succinus subsp. succinus (Lambert et al. 1998) Place et al. 2003

Category: Subspecies

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

Basonym: Staphylococcus succinus Lambert et al. 1998

Etymology: suc’ci.nus. L. masc. adj. succinus, of amber

Pronunciation, gender: SUK-ki-nus, masculine

Type strain: AMG-D1; ATCC 700337; CCUG 43571; DSM 14617

See detailed strain information at

Effective publication: Place RB, Hiestand D, Burri S, Teuber M. Staphylococcus succinus subsp. casei subsp. nov., a dominant isolate from a surface ripened cheese. Syst Appl Microbiol 2002; 25:353-359.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Validation list no. 89. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2003; 53:1-2.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

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

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 📠 This subspecies was automatically created by the valid publication of Staphylococcus succinus subsp. casei Place et al. 2003 according to rule 40d. Publication: Place RB, Hiestand D, Burri S, Teuber M. Staphylococcus succinus subsp. casei subsp. nov., a dominant isolate from a surface ripened cheese. Syst Appl Microbiol 2002; 25:353-359.
  • ❗ Staphylococcus succinus subsp. succinus 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 succinus within a separate genus Staphylococcus.
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1. — 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 pathogenicity of the species itself.
  • 🧍 The original authorship, Lambert et al. 1998, 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 succinus Lambert et al. 1998

Assigned by: Place RB, Hiestand D, Burri S, Teuber M. Staphylococcus succinus subsp. casei subsp. nov., a dominant isolate from a surface ripened cheese. Syst Appl Microbiol 2002; 25:353-359.

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