Taxon DOI

10.1601/tx.5293

Name

Macrococcus Kloos et al. 1998 emend. Mašlaňová et al. 2018

Taxonomic Rank

genus

Methodology

Nomenclatural Taxonomy [1980-2022]

Incertae sedis taxa are placed using SOSCC (Garrity and Lilburn 2008)

Parent

Taxon Record	Name Record
family	Staphylococcaceae Schleifer and Bell 2010

Members

species	Macrococcus equipercicus Kloos et al. 1998
species	Macrococcus armenti Keller et al. 2022
species	Macrococcus bohemicus Mašlaňová et al. 2018
species	Macrococcus bovicus Kloos et al. 1998
species	Macrococcus brunensis Mannerová et al. 2003
species	Macrococcus canis Gobeli Brawand et al. 2017
species	Macrococcus carouselicus Kloos et al. 1998
species	Macrococcus caseolyticus (Schleifer et al. 1982) Kloos et al. 1998
species	Macrococcus epidermidis Mašlaňová et al. 2018
species	Macrococcus goetzii Mašlaňová et al. 2018
species	Macrococcus hajekii Mannerová et al. 2003
species	Macrococcus lamae Mannerová et al. 2003

Type Status

Taxonomy

The taxonomic placement of this genus within the root Universal Root.


root Universal Root Woese et al. 1990
domain Bacteria (None 2015) Woese et al. 1990
phylum Firmicutes (sic) Gibbons and Murray 2021
class Bacilli Ludwig et al. 2010
order Bacillales Prévot 1953 (Approved Lists 1980)
family Staphylococcaceae Schleifer and Bell 2010
genus Macrococcus Kloos et al. 1998 emend. Mašlaňová et al. 2018

The taxonomy from the rank of class and below is based upon currently published taxonomic opinion. For a complete taxonomy, refer to The Taxonomic Outline of Bacteria and Archaea, Release 7.7.

Citation

When referring to this Abstract, please use its Digital Object Identifier.

Taxon Abstract for the genus Macrococcus Kloos et al. 1998 emend. Mašlaňová et al. 2018. Retrieved April 22, 2024. https://doi.org/10.1601/tx.5293.

Source File

10.1601/tx.5293.xml


This information was last reviewed on March 2, 2022.

References

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Keller JE, Schwendener S, Overesch G, Perreten V. Macrococcus armenti sp. nov., a novel bacterium isolated from the skin and nasal cavities of healthy pigs and calves. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2022; 72:. https://doi.org/10.1099/ijsem.0.005245 [PubMed].
Schleifer K-H, Bell JA. Family VIII. Staphylococcaceae fam. nov. In: De Vos P, Garrity G, Jones D, Krieg NR, Ludwig W, Rainey FA, Schleifer KH, Whitman WB (eds), Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, Second Edition, Volume 3, Springer-Verlag, New York, 2009, p. 392.
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