
Name DOI	10.1601/nm.5836
Name	Micrococcus roseus Flügge 1886 (Approved Lists 1980)
Name Status	Validly Published
Current Authority	Flügge 1886 (Approved Lists 1980)
Preferred Name	Kocuria rosea
Taxonomic Rank	species
Nomenclatural Type (designated strain)	Refer to the type exemplar.

Taxonomy	10.1601/tx.5836
Type Strain representative organism	DSM 20447^T (=CCM 679 =ATCC 186)


Proper Form	Micrococcus roseus Flügge 1886 (Approved Lists 1980)
Nomenclatural History	The species Micrococcus roseus was originally described by Flügge 1886. This name appeared on the Approved Lists of Bacterial Names 1980. In 1995, Stackebrandt et al. established Micrococcus roseus as the basonym of Kocuria rosea (Flügge 1886) Stackebrandt et al. 1995 .

Citation	When referring specifically to this Abstract, please use its Digital Object Identifier. Name Abstract for Micrococcus roseus Flügge 1886 (Approved Lists 1980).April 22, 2024. https://doi.org/10.1601/nm.5836.
Source File	10.1601/nm.5836.xml


This information was last reviewed on July 12, 2018.

References

Flügge C. Die Mikroorganismen, F.C.W. Vogel, Leipzig, 1886, p. 1-692.
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.
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].