J.P. Euzéby: List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature - Genus Macrococcus
Warning: In the List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature, an arrow (--->) only indicates the sequence of valid publication of names and does not mean that the last name in the sequence must be used (see: Introduction).
Number of species cited in this file: 7
Number of subspecies cited in this file: 0
Classification (Warning: see also the file "Classification of prokaryotes: Introduction").
Macrococcus Kloos et al. 1998, gen. nov.
Type species: ¤ Macrococcus equipercicus Kloos et al. 1998.
Etymology: Gr. adj. makros, large; N.L. masc. n. coccus (from Gr. masc. n. kokkos), a grain or berry; N.L. masc. n. Macrococcus, a large coccus.
Reference: KLOOS (W.E.), BALLARD (D.N.), GEORGE (C.G.), WEBSTER (J.A.), HUBNER (R.J.), LUDWIG (W.), SCHLEIFER (K.H.), FIEDLER (F.) and SCHUBERT (K.): Delimiting the genus Staphylococcus through description of Macrococcus caseolyticus gen. nov., comb. nov. and Macrococcus equipercicus sp. nov., Macrococcus bovicus sp. nov. and Macrococcus carouselicus sp. nov. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1998, 48, 859-877.
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Macrococcus bovicus Kloos et al. 1998, sp. nov.
Type strain (see also StrainInfo.net): strain Kloos C2F4 = DD 4516 = ATCC 51825 = CCUG 38365 = CIP 105714.
GenBank/EMBL/DDBJ accession number for the 16S rRNA gene sequence of the type strain: Y15714.
Synonym: "Staphylococcus bovicus" Ballard et al. 1995.
Etymology: L. gen. n. bovis, of a cow; N.L. masc. adj. bovicus, pertaining to a bovine or cow, from which organism was first isolated.
Reference: KLOOS (W.E.), BALLARD (D.N.), GEORGE (C.G.), WEBSTER (J.A.), HUBNER (R.J.), LUDWIG (W.), SCHLEIFER (K.H.), FIEDLER (F.) and SCHUBERT (K.): Delimiting the genus Staphylococcus through description of Macrococcus caseolyticus gen. nov., comb. nov. and Macrococcus equipercicus sp. nov., Macrococcus bovicus sp. nov. and Macrococcus carouselicus sp. nov. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1998, 48, 859-877.
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Macrococcus brunensis Mannerová et al. 2003, sp. nov.
Type strain (see also StrainInfo.net): strain CCM 4811 = CCUG 47200 = LMG 21712.
GenBank/EMBL/DDBJ accession number for the 16S rRNA gene sequence of the type strain: AY119686.
Etymology: L. masc. adj. brunensis, from Bruna, the Roman name of the city of Brno, Czech Republic, where the type strain was isolated.
Reference: MANNEROVÁ (S.), PANTŮČEK (R.), DOŠKAŘ (J.), ŠVEC (P.), SNAUWAERT (C.), VANCANNEYT (M.), SWINGS (J.) and SEDLÁČEK (I.): Macrococcus brunensis sp. nov., Macrococcus hajekii sp. nov. and Macrococcus lamae sp. nov., from the skin of llamas. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2003, 53, 1647-1654.
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Macrococcus carouselicus Kloos et al. 1998, sp. nov.
Type strain (see also StrainInfo.net): strain DD 9348 = Kloos H8b16 = ATCC 51828 = CCUG 38360 = CIP 105711.
GenBank/EMBL/DDBJ accession number for the 16S rRNA gene sequence of the type strain: Y15713.
Synonym: "Staphylococcus carouselicus" Ballard et al. 1995.
Etymology: N.L. masc. adj. carouselicus, pertaining to carousel or merry-go-round, which has carousel horses.
Reference: KLOOS (W.E.), BALLARD (D.N.), GEORGE (C.G.), WEBSTER (J.A.), HUBNER (R.J.), LUDWIG (W.), SCHLEIFER (K.H.), FIEDLER (F.) and SCHUBERT (K.): Delimiting the genus Staphylococcus through description of Macrococcus caseolyticus gen. nov., comb. nov. and Macrococcus equipercicus sp. nov., Macrococcus bovicus sp. nov. and Macrococcus carouselicus sp. nov. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1998, 48, 859-877.
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Macrococcus caseolyticus (Schleifer et al. 1982) Kloos et al. 1998, comb. nov.
Type strain (see also StrainInfo.net): strain DD 4508 = ATCC 13548 = CCUG 15606 = CIP 100755 = DSM 20597.
GenBank/EMBL/DDBJ accession number for the 16S rRNA gene sequence of the type strain: D83359.
Basonym: ¤ Staphylococcus caseolyticus (ex Evans 1916) Schleifer et al. 1982.
Other synonym: "Micrococcus caseolyticus" Evans 1916.
Etymology: L. n. caseus, cheese; N.L. masc. adj. lyticus (from. Gr. masc. adj. lutikos), able to loose, able to dissolve; N.L. masc. adj. caseolyticus, casein-dissolving.
Reference: KLOOS (W.E.), BALLARD (D.N.), GEORGE (C.G.), WEBSTER (J.A.), HUBNER (R.J.), LUDWIG (W.), SCHLEIFER (K.H.), FIEDLER (F.) and SCHUBERT (K.): Delimiting the genus Staphylococcus through description of Macrococcus caseolyticus gen. nov., comb. nov. and Macrococcus equipercicus sp. nov., Macrococcus bovicus sp. nov. and Macrococcus carouselicus sp. nov. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1998, 48, 859-877.
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Notes:
1 The authors also propose an amended description of the type strain.
2 In the abstract, the type strain DD 4508 is cited as TDD 4508.
Macrococcus equipercicus Kloos et al. 1998, sp. nov. (Type species of the genus).
Type strain (see also StrainInfo.net): strain DD 9350 = Kloos H8h3 = ATCC 51831 = CCUG 38363 = CIP 105716.
GenBank/EMBL/DDBJ accession number for the 16S rRNA gene sequence of the type strain: Y15712.
Synonym: "Staphylococcus equipercicus" Ballard et al. 1995.
Etymology: L. gen. n. equi, of horse; N.L. masc. adj. equipercicus, pertaining to a horse named Percy, from which this species was first isolated.
Reference: KLOOS (W.E.), BALLARD (D.N.), GEORGE (C.G.), WEBSTER (J.A.), HUBNER (R.J.), LUDWIG (W.), SCHLEIFER (K.H.), FIEDLER (F.) and SCHUBERT (K.): Delimiting the genus Staphylococcus through description of Macrococcus caseolyticus gen. nov., comb. nov. and Macrococcus equipercicus sp. nov., Macrococcus bovicus sp. nov. and Macrococcus carouselicus sp. nov. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1998, 48, 859-877.
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Macrococcus hajekii Mannerová et al. 2003, sp. nov.
Type strain (see also StrainInfo.net): strain CCM 4809 = CCUG 47201 = LMG 21711.
GenBank/EMBL/DDBJ accession number for the 16S rRNA gene sequence of the type strain: AY119685.
Etymology: N.L. gen. n. hajekii, of Hájek, named after Václav Hájek, a Czech microbial taxonomist.
Reference: MANNEROVÁ (S.), PANTŮČEK (R.), DOŠKAŘ (J.), ŠVEC (P.), SNAUWAERT (C.), VANCANNEYT (M.), SWINGS (J.) and SEDLÁČEK (I.): Macrococcus brunensis sp. nov., Macrococcus hajekii sp. nov. and Macrococcus lamae sp. nov., from the skin of llamas. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2003, 53, 1647-1654.
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Macrococcus lamae Mannerová et al. 2003, sp. nov.
Type strain (see also StrainInfo.net): strain CCM 4815 = CCUG 47199 = LMG 21713.
GenBank/EMBL/DDBJ accession number for the 16S rRNA gene sequence of the type strain: AY119687.
Etymology: N.L. fem. gen. n. lamae, of Lama, the zoological genus name of the llama.
Reference: MANNEROVÁ (S.), PANTŮČEK (R.), DOŠKAŘ (J.), ŠVEC (P.), SNAUWAERT (C.), VANCANNEYT (M.), SWINGS (J.) and SEDLÁČEK (I.): Macrococcus brunensis sp. nov., Macrococcus hajekii sp. nov. and Macrococcus lamae sp. nov., from the skin of llamas. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2003, 53, 1647-1654.
Original article in IJSEM Online
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