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Reclassification of the species Kocuria erythromyxa (Brooks and Murray 1981) as Kocuria rosea (Flügge 1886)

¹DSMZ-German Collection of Microorganisms and Cell Cultures GmbH, Mascheroder Weg 1b, D-38124 Braunschweig, Germany
²Department of Microbiology, Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest, Hungary

Author for correspondence: Erko Stackebrandt. Tel: +49 531 2616 352. Fax: +49 531 2616 418. e-mail: erko{at}dsmz.de

ABSTRACT

Comparison of phenotypic, chemotaxonomic and genomic properties of the type strains of Kocuria rosea and Kocuria erythromyxa indicates that these taxa are members of the same species. The conclusion is based upon 16S rDNA similarity of 99·9% [Rainey, F. A., et al. (1997). Int J Syst Bacteriol 47, 510--514], DNA-DNA reassociation of 95%, identical fatty acid patterns and almost identical physiological reactions against substrates provided by the BIOLOG plate. According to Rule 42 of the International Code of Nomenclature of Bacteria, which requires that the oldest legitimate epithet be retained when taxa of equal rank are united, Kocuria (Micrococcus) rosea (Flügge 1886) has priority over Kocuria (Deinococcus) erythromyxa (Brooks and Murray 1981).

Key Words: Kocuria erythromyxa • Kocuria rosea • reclassification

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