Name: Staphylococcus hominis subsp. hominis (Kloos and Schleifer 1975) Kloos et al. 1998

Category: Subspecies

Proposed as: subsp. nov.

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

Etymology: ho’mi.nis. L. gen. masc. n. hominis, of a human being, named for the host on whose skin this species is commonly found

Gender: masculine

Type strain: ATCC 27844; CCUG 35516; CIP 102258; CIP 81.57; DM 122; DSM 20328; JCM 2419; LMG 13348; NCTC 11320; NRRL B-14737

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Valid publication: Kloos WE, George CG, Olgiate JS, Van Pelt L, McKinnon ML, Zimmer BL, Muller E, Weinstein MP, Mirrett S. Staphylococcus hominis subsp. novobiosepticus subsp. nov., a novel trehalose- and N-acetyl-D-glucosamine-negative, novobiocin- and multiple-antibiotic-resistant subspecies isolated from human blood cultures. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1998; 48:799-812.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 48, part 3 of the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1998; 48:1085-1087.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 2

• Notes:
  • 🙋 This subspecies could be automatically created (rule 40d) by the valid publication of Staphylococcus hominis subsp. novobiosepticus Kloos et al. 1998 but an explicit description was also provided. Publication: Kloos WE, George CG, Olgiate JS, Van Pelt L, McKinnon ML, Zimmer BL, Muller E, Weinstein MP, Mirrett S. Staphylococcus hominis subsp. novobiosepticus subsp. nov., a novel trehalose- and N-acetyl-D-glucosamine-negative, novobiocin- and multiple-antibiotic-resistant subspecies isolated from human blood cultures. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1998; 48:799-812.
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 2.
  • 🧍 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 hominis Kloos and Schleifer 1975 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Kloos WE, George CG, Olgiate JS, Van Pelt L, McKinnon ML, Zimmer BL, Muller E, Weinstein MP, Mirrett S. Staphylococcus hominis subsp. novobiosepticus subsp. nov., a novel trehalose- and N-acetyl-D-glucosamine-negative, novobiocin- and multiple-antibiotic-resistant subspecies isolated from human blood cultures. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1998; 48:799-812.

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Record number: 781194