Dolosicoccus

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

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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").

Dolosicoccus Collins et al. 1999, gen. nov.
Type species: ¤ Dolosicoccus paucivorans Collins et al. 1999.
Etymology: L. adj. dolosus, crafty, deceptive; N.L. masc. n. coccus (from Gr. masc. n. kokkos, grain, seed), coccus; N.L. masc. n. dolosicoccus, a deceptive coccus.
Reference: COLLINS (M.D.), RODRIGUEZ JOVITA (M.), HUTSON (R.A.), FALSEN (E.), SJÖDÉN (B.) and FACKLAM (R.R.): Dolosicoccus paucivorans gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from human blood. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1999, 49, 1439-1442.
Original article in IJSEM Online

Dolosicoccus paucivorans Collins et al. 1999, sp. nov. (Type species of the genus).
Type strain (see also StrainInfo.net): strain 2992-95 = ATCC BAA-56 = CCUG 39307 = CIP 106314.
GenBank/EMBL/DDBJ accession number for the 16S rRNA gene sequence of the type strain: AJ012666.
Etymology: L. adj. paucus, few, little; L. part. adj. vorans, eating, devouring; N.L. part. adj. paucivorans, eating little, relating to the observation that the organism utilizes few carbohydrates
Reference: COLLINS (M.D.), RODRIGUEZ JOVITA (M.), HUTSON (R.A.), FALSEN (E.), SJÖDÉN (B.) and FACKLAM (R.R.): Dolosicoccus paucivorans gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from human blood. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1999, 49, 1439-1442.
Original article in IJSEM Online