
Name DOI	10.1601/nm.5833
Name	Micrococcus kristinae Kloos et al. 1974 (Approved Lists 1980)
Name Status	Validly Published
Current Authority	Kloos et al. 1974 (Approved Lists 1980)
Preferred Name	Rothia kristinae
Taxonomic Rank	species
Nomenclatural Type (designated strain)	Refer to the type exemplar.

Taxonomy	10.1601/tx.5833
Type Strain representative organism	CCM 2690^T (=CIP 81.69 =NCTC 11038 =NRRL B-14835 =DSM 20032 =CCUG 33026 =VKM B-1811 =JCM 7237 =ATCC 27570 =NBRC 15354 =LMG 14215 =IEGM 390)


Proper Form	Micrococcus kristinae Kloos et al. 1974 (Approved Lists 1980)
Nomenclatural History	The species Micrococcus kristinae was originally described by Kloos et al. 1974. This name appeared on the Approved Lists of Bacterial Names 1980. In 1995, Stackebrandt et al. established Micrococcus kristinae as the basonym of Kocuria kristinae (Kloos et al. 1974) Stackebrandt et al. 1995 .

Citation	When referring specifically to this Abstract, please use its Digital Object Identifier. Name Abstract for Micrococcus kristinae Kloos et al. 1974 (Approved Lists 1980).April 22, 2024. https://doi.org/10.1601/nm.5833.
Source File	10.1601/nm.5833.xml


This information was last reviewed on February 13, 2009.

References

Skerman VBD, McGowan V, Sneath PHA. Approved Lists of Bacterial Names. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1980; 30:225-420. https://doi.org/10.1099/00207713-30-1-225.
Kloos WE, Tornabene TG, Schleifer KH. Isolation and characterization of micrococci from human skin, including two new species: Micrococcus lylae and Micrococcus kristinae. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1974; 24:79-101. https://doi.org/10.1099/00207713-24-1-79.
Stackebrandt E, Koch C, Gvozdiak O, Schumann P. Taxonomic dissection of the genus Micrococcus: Kocuria gen. nov., Nesterenkonia gen. nov., Kytococcus gen. nov., Dermacoccus gen. nov., and Micrococcus Cohn 1872 gen. emend. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1995; 45:682-692. https://doi.org/10.1099/00207713-45-4-682 [PubMed].