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Name: Staphylococcus haemolyticus Schleifer and Kloos 1975 (Approved Lists 1980)
Etymology: hae.mo.ly’ti.cus. Gr. neut. n. haîma, blood (Latin transliteration haema); N.L. masc. adj. lyticus, able to loose, able to dissolve; from Gr. masc. adj. lytikos, dissolving; N.L. masc. adj. haemolyticus, blood-dissolving
Type strain: ATCC 29970; CCUG 7323; CIP 81.56; DSM 20263; JCM 2416; LMG 13349; NCTC 11042; NRRL B-14755
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16S rRNA gene: X66100 Analyse FASTA
Effective publication: Schleifer KH, Kloos WE. Isolation and characterization of staphylococci from human skin. I. Amended descriptions of Staphylococcus epidermidis and Staphylococcus saprophyticus and descriptions of three new species: Staphylococcus cohnii, Staphylococcus haemolyticus, and Staphylococcus xylosus. International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology 1975; 25:50-61.
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: correct name
Parent taxon: Staphylococcus Rosenbach 1884 (Approved Lists 1980)
Assigned by: Schleifer KH, Kloos WE. Isolation and characterization of staphylococci from human skin. I. Amended descriptions of Staphylococcus epidermidis and Staphylococcus saprophyticus and descriptions of three new species: Staphylococcus cohnii, Staphylococcus haemolyticus, and Staphylococcus xylosus. International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology 1975; 25:50-61.
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Record number: 781192