Atopococcus

J.P. Euzéby: List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature - Genus Atopococcus

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Number of species cited in this file: 1
Number of subspecies cited in this file: 0

Classification (Warning: see also the file "Classification of prokaryotes: Introduction").

Atopococcus Collins et al. 2005, gen. nov.
Type species: ¤ Atopococcus tabaci Collins et al. 2005.
Etymology: Gr. adj. atopos, having no place, strange; N.L. masc. n. coccus (from Gr. masc. n. kokkos, grain, seed), coccus; N.L. masc. n. Atopococcus, a strange coccus.
Reference: COLLINS (M.D.), WIERNIK (A.), FALSEN (E.) and LAWSON (P.A.): Atopococcus tabaci gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel Gram-positive, catalase-negative, coccus-shaped bacterium isolated from tobacco. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2005, 55, 1693-1696.
Original article in IJSEM Online

Atopococcus tabaci Collins et al. 2005, sp. nov. (Type species of the genus).
Type strain (see also StrainInfo.net): strain CCUG 48253 = CIP 108502.
GenBank/EMBL/DDBJ accession number for the 16S rRNA gene sequence of the type strain: AJ634917.
Etymology: N.L. gen. n. tabaci, of tobacco.
Reference: COLLINS (M.D.), WIERNIK (A.), FALSEN (E.) and LAWSON (P.A.): Atopococcus tabaci gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel Gram-positive, catalase-negative, coccus-shaped bacterium isolated from tobacco. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2005, 55, 1693-1696.
Original article in IJSEM Online