Ponticoccus

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

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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").

Ponticoccus Hwang and Cho 2008, gen. nov.
Type species: ¤ Ponticoccus litoralis Hwang and Cho 2008.
Etymology: L. n. pontus, the sea; N.L. masc. n. coccus (from Gr. masc. n. kokkos, grain, seed), coccus; N.L. masc. n. Ponticoccus, coccus from the sea.
Reference: HWANG (C.Y.) and CHO (B.C.): Ponticoccus litoralis gen. nov., sp. nov., a marine bacterium in the family Rhodobacteraceae. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2008, 58, 1332-1338.
Original article in IJSEM Online

Ponticoccus litoralis Hwang and Cho 2008, sp. nov. (Type species of the genus).
Type strain (see also StrainInfo.net): strain CL-GR66 = DSM 18986 = KCCM 90028.
GenBank/EMBL/DDBJ accession number for the 16S rRNA gene sequence of the type strain: EF211829.
Etymology: L. masc. adj. litoralis, of the shore.
Reference: HWANG (C.Y.) and CHO (B.C.): Ponticoccus litoralis gen. nov., sp. nov., a marine bacterium in the family Rhodobacteraceae. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2008, 58, 1332-1338.
Original article in IJSEM Online