RT Journal Article SR Electronic(1) A1 Švec, Pavel A1 Vancanneyt, Marc A1 Sedláček, Ivo A1 Engelbeen, Katrien A1 Štětina, Vlastimil A1 Swings, Jean A1 Petráš, PetrYR 2004 T1 Reclassification of Staphylococcus pulvereri Zakrzewska-Czerwińska et al. 1995 as a later synonym of Staphylococcus vitulinus Webster et al. 1994 JF International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology, VO 54 IS 6 SP 2213 OP 2215 DO https://doi.org/10.1099/ijs.0.63080-0 PB Microbiology Society, SN 1466-5034, AB A polyphasic taxonomic approach was applied to strains of the species Staphylococcus vitulinus and Staphylococcus pulvereri in order to clarify their taxonomic relatedness. Four reference strains, representing both species, and seven strains isolated from human clinical material were characterized by biotyping, ribotyping and SDS-PAGE analysis of whole-cell proteins, and none of the screening approaches allowed the two taxa to be distinguished. DNA–DNA hybridization experiments between four selected representative strains, including the type strains, confirmed that Staphylococcus pulvereri is a later synonym of Staphylococcus vitulinus., UL https://www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/journal/ijsem/10.1099/ijs.0.63080-0