Phycicoccus

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

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Number of species cited in this file: 6
Number of subspecies cited in this file: 0

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

Phycicoccus Lee 2006, gen. nov.
Type species: ¤ Phycicoccus jejuensis Lee 2006.
Etymology: L. n. phycos (from Gr. n. phukos), seaweed; N.L. masc. n. coccus (from Gr. n. kokkos) a grain or berry; N.L. masc. n. Phycicoccus, coccus from seaweed.
Reference: LEE (S.D.): Phycicoccus jejuensis gen. nov., sp. nov., an actinomycete isolated from seaweed. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2006, 56, 2369-2373.
Original article in IJSEM Online

Note: Another new genus and new species have been described in the ¤ Intrasporangiaceae (¤ Kribbia and ¤ Kribbia dieselivorans), with the same diagnostic diamino acid, after the paper by Lee 2006 was accepted for publication (see JUNG (S.Y.), KIM (H.S.), SONG (J.J.), LEE (S.G.), OH (T.K.) and YOON (J.H.): Kribbia dieselivorans gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel member of the family Intrasporangiaceae. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2006, 56, 2427-2432).

---> Phycicoccus Lee 2006 emend. Zhang et al. 2011.
Type species: ¤ Phycicoccus jejuensis Lee 2006.
Etymology: L. n. phycos (from Gr. n. phukos), seaweed; N.L. masc. n. coccus (from Gr. n. kokkos) a grain or berry; N.L. masc. n. Phycicoccus, coccus from seaweed.
Reference: ZHANG (J.Y.), LIU (X.Y.) and LIU (S.J.): Phycicoccus cremeus sp. nov., isolated from forest soil, and emended description of the genus Phycicoccus. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2011, 61, 71-75.
Original article in IJSEM Online

Phycicoccus aerophilus Weon et al. 2008, sp. nov.
Type strain (see also StrainInfo.net): strain 5516T-20 = DSM 18548 = JCM 16378 = KACC 20658.
GenBank/EMBL/DDBJ accession number for the 16S rRNA gene sequence of the type strain: EF493847.
Etymology: Gr. n. aer aeros, air; N.L. adj. philus -a -um (from Gr. adj. philos -ê -on), friend, loving; N.L. masc. adj. aerophilus, air-loving.
Reference: WEON (H.Y.), YOO (S.H.), KIM (B.Y.), SCHUMANN (P.), KROPPENSTEDT (R.M.), HONG (S.K.) and KWON (S.W.): Phycicoccus aerophilus sp. nov., isolated from air. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2008, 58, 2389-2392.
Original article in IJSEM Online

Phycicoccus bigeumensis Dastager et al. 2008, sp. nov.
Type strain (see also StrainInfo.net): strain MSL-03 = DSM 19264 = JCM 16023 = KCTC 19266.
GenBank/EMBL/DDBJ accession number for the 16S rRNA gene sequence of the type strain: EF466128.
Etymology: N.L. masc. adj. bigeumensis, of or pertaining to Bigeum Island, Korea, from where the type strain was isolated.
Reference: DASTAGER (S.G.), LEE (J.C.), JU (Y.J.), PARK (D.J.) and KIM (C.J.): Phycicoccus bigeumensis sp. nov., a mesophilic actinobacterium isolated from Bigeum Island, Korea. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2008, 58, 2425-2428.
Original article in IJSEM Online

Phycicoccus cremeus Zhang et al. 2011, sp. nov.
Type strain (see also StrainInfo.net): strain V2M29 = CGMCC 1.6963 = JCM 17739 = NBRC 104261.
GenBank/EMBL/DDBJ accession number for the 16S rRNA gene sequence of the type strain: FJ529696.
Etymology: N.L. masc. adj. cremeus, cream–white.
Reference: ZHANG (J.Y.), LIU (X.Y.) and LIU (S.J.): Phycicoccus cremeus sp. nov., isolated from forest soil, and emended description of the genus Phycicoccus. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2011, 61, 71-75.
Original article in IJSEM Online

Phycicoccus dokdonensis Yoon et al. 2008, sp. nov.
Type strain (see also StrainInfo.net): strain DS-8 = CCUG 54521 = KCTC 19248.
GenBank/EMBL/DDBJ accession number for the 16S rRNA gene sequence of the type strain: EF555583.
Etymology: N.L. masc. adj. dokdonensis, of or belonging to Dokdo, Korea, from where the type strain was isolated.
Reference: YOON (J.H.), LEE (S.Y.), KANG (S.J.) and OH (T.K.): Phycicoccus dokdonensis sp. nov., isolated from soil. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2008, 58, 597-600.
Original article in IJSEM Online

Phycicoccus ginsenosidimutans Wang et al. 2011, sp. nov.
Type strain (see also StrainInfo.net): strain BXN5-13 = DSM 21006 = KCTC 19419 = LMG 24462.
GenBank/EMBL/DDBJ accession number for the 16S rRNA gene sequence of the type strain: EU332824.
Etymology: N.L. n. ginsenosidum, ginsenoside; L. part. adj. mutans, transforming, converting; N.L. part. adj. ginsenosidimutans, ginsenoside-converting.
Reference: WANG (L.), AN (D.S.), JIN (F.X.), LEE (S.T.), IM (W.T.) and BAE (H.M.): Phycicoccus ginsenosidimutans sp. nov., isolated from soil of a ginseng field. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2011, 61, 524-528.
Original article in IJSEM Online

Phycicoccus jejuensis Lee 2006, sp. nov. (Type species of the genus).
Type strain (see also StrainInfo.net): strain KSW2-15 = JCM 15616 = KCCM 42315 = NRRL B-24460.
GenBank/EMBL/DDBJ accession number for the 16S rRNA gene sequence of the type strain: DQ345443.
Etymology: N.L. masc. adj. jejuensis, of or belonging to Jeju, Republic of Korea, the site at which the type strain was isolated.
Reference: LEE (S.D.): Phycicoccus jejuensis gen. nov., sp. nov., an actinomycete isolated from seaweed. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2006, 56, 2369-2373.
Original article in IJSEM Online