Name: Staphylococcus capitis subsp. capitis (Kloos and Schleifer 1975) Bannerman and Kloos 1991

Category: Subspecies

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

Basonym: Staphylococcus capitis Kloos and Schleifer 1975 (Approved Lists 1980)

Etymology: ca.pi.tis. L. neut. n. caput, head; L. gen. neut. n. capitis, of the head, pertaining to that part of the human body where cutaneous populations of this species are usually the largest and most frequent

Gender: masculine

Type strain: ATCC 27840; CCM 2734; CCUG 7326; CIP 81.53; DSM 20326; JCM 2420; LMG 13353; NCTC 11045; NRRL B-14752

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Valid publication: Bannerman TL, Kloos WE. Staphylococcus capitis subsp. ureolyticus subsp. nov. from human skin. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1991; 41:144-147.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 2

• Notes:
  • 📠 This subspecies was automatically created by the valid publication of Staphylococcus capitis subsp. urealyticus corrig. Bannerman and Kloos 1991 according to rule 40d. Publication: Bannerman TL, Kloos WE. Staphylococcus capitis subsp. ureolyticus subsp. nov. from human skin. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1991; 41:144-147.
  • 😷 The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 2, note = "Animal classification RG: 1 - Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No - Containment level: Containment Level 2". — The risk group for Swiss Confederation has been imported on 2024-02-01. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "PIIC". — The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "+".
  • 🧍 This name was not found in the expected IJSEM notification list.
  • 🧍 The original authorship, Kloos and Schleifer 1975, 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 capitis Kloos and Schleifer 1975 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Bannerman TL, Kloos WE. Staphylococcus capitis subsp. ureolyticus subsp. nov. from human skin. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1991; 41:144-147.

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Record number: 781172