Taxon DOI

10.1601/tx.5235

Name

Staphylococcus capitis capitis Kloos and Schleifer 1975 (Approved Lists 1980)

Taxonomic Rank

subspecies

Methodology

Nomenclatural Taxonomy [1980-2022]

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

Parent

Taxon Record	Name Record
species	Staphylococcus capitis Kloos and Schleifer 1975 (Approved Lists 1980)

Type Strain

representative organism

ATCC 27840^T (=LK 499)

Type Status

Taxonomy

The taxonomic placement of this subspecies 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 Staphylococcus Rosenbach 1884 emend. Baird-Parker 1974 (Approved Lists 1980)
species Staphylococcus capitis Kloos and Schleifer 1975 (Approved Lists 1980)
subspecies Staphylococcus capitis capitis Kloos and Schleifer 1975 (Approved Lists 1980)

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 subspecies Staphylococcus capitis capitis Kloos and Schleifer 1975 (Approved Lists 1980). Retrieved April 22, 2024. https://doi.org/10.1601/tx.5235.

Source File

10.1601/tx.5235.xml


This information was last reviewed on November 25, 2008.

References

Kloos WE, Schleifer KH. Isolation and characterization of staphylococci from human skin. II. Descriptions of four new species: Staphylococcus warneri, Staphylococcus capitis, Staphylococcus hominis, and Staphylococcus simulans. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1975; 25:62-79. https://doi.org/10.1099/00207713-25-1-62.