Craurococcus

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

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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").

Craurococcus Saitoh et al. 1998, gen. nov.
Type species: ¤ Craurococcus roseus Saitoh et al. 1998.
Recommended three-letter abbreviation: Crc. (see the file ¤ "Three-letter code for abbreviations of generic names").
Etymology: Gr. adj. krauros, dry, fragile; N.L. masc. n. coccus (from Gr. masc. n. kokkos, grain, seed), coccus; N.L. masc. n. Craurococcus, fragile coccus.
Reference: SAITOH (S.), SUZUKI (T.) and NISHIMURA (Y.): Proposal of Craurococcus roseus gen. nov., sp. nov. and Paracraurococcus ruber gen. nov., sp. nov., novel aerobic bacteriochlorophyll a-containing bacteria from soil. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1998, 48, 1043-1047.
Original article in IJSEM Online

Craurococcus roseus Saitoh et al. 1998, sp. nov. (Type species of the genus).
Type strain (see also StrainInfo.net): strain NS130 = CIP 105707 = JCM 9933.
GenBank/EMBL/DDBJ accession number for the 16S rRNA gene sequence of the type strain: D85828.
Etymology: L. masc. adj. roseus, rose-colored, pink.
Reference: SAITOH (S.), SUZUKI (T.) and NISHIMURA (Y.): Proposal of Craurococcus roseus gen. nov., sp. nov. and Paracraurococcus ruber gen. nov., sp. nov., novel aerobic bacteriochlorophyll a-containing bacteria from soil. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1998, 48, 1043-1047.
Original article in IJSEM Online