Name: Macrococcus Kloos et al. 1998
Etymology: Ma.cro.coc’cus. Gr. masc. adj. makros, large; N.L. masc. n. coccus, a grain or berry; from Gr. masc. n. kokkos, grain; N.L. masc. n. Macrococcus, a large coccus
Gender: masculine (stem: Macrococc-)
Type species: Macrococcus equipercicus Kloos et al. 1998
Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS
Valid publication: Kloos WE, Ballard DN, George CG, Webster JA, Hubner RJ, Ludwig W, Schleifer KH, Fiedler F, Schubert K. Delimiting the genus Staphylococcus through description of Macrococcus caseolyticus gen. nov., comb. nov. and Macrococcus equipercicus sp. nov., and Macrococcus bovicus sp. no. and Macrococcus carouselicus sp. nov. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1998; 48:859-877.
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
Name | Kind |
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Macrococcoides Bello et al. 2024 | heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP |
Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 12
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 12
Total number of child taxa: 12
Name | Nomenclatural status | Taxonomic status |
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Macrococcus armenti Keller et al. 2022 | validly published under the ICNP | correct name |
Macrococcus bohemicus Mašlaňová et al. 2018 | validly published under the ICNP | correct name |
Macrococcus bovicus Kloos et al. 1998 | validly published under the ICNP | correct name |
Macrococcus brunensis Mannerová et al. 2003 | validly published under the ICNP | correct name |
Macrococcus canis Gobeli Brawand et al. 2017 | validly published under the ICNP | correct name |
Macrococcus carouselicus Kloos et al. 1998 | validly published under the ICNP | correct name |
Macrococcus caseolyticus (Schleifer et al. 1982 ex Evans 1916) Kloos et al. 1998 | validly published under the ICNP | correct name |
Macrococcus epidermidis Mašlaňová et al. 2018 | validly published under the ICNP | correct name |
Macrococcus equipercicus Kloos et al. 1998 | validly published under the ICNP | correct name |
Macrococcus goetzii Mašlaňová et al. 2018 | validly published under the ICNP | correct name |
Macrococcus hajekii Mannerová et al. 2003 | validly published under the ICNP | correct name |
Macrococcus lamae Mannerová et al. 2003 | validly published under the ICNP | correct name |
Parent taxon: Staphylococcaceae Schleifer and Bell 2010
Assigned by: Schleifer K-H, Bell JA. Family VIII. Staphylococcaceae fam. nov. In: De Vos P, Garrity GM, Jones D, Krieg NR, Ludwig W, Rainey FA, K.-H. S, Whitman WB (eds), Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, 2nd edn, vol. 3 (The Firmicutes), Springer, New York, 2009, p. 392.
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