J.P. Euzéby: List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature - Genus Puniceicoccus
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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").
Puniceicoccus Choo et al. 2007, gen. nov. (Type genus of the order ¤ Puniceicoccales Choo et al. 2007; type genus of the family ¤ Puniceicoccaceae Choo et al. 2007).
Type species: ¤ Puniceicoccus vermicola Choo et al. 2007.
Etymology: L. adj. puniceus, pinkish red; N.L. masc. n. coccus (from Gr. masc. n. kokkos), a berry; N.L. masc. n. Puniceicoccus, a pinkish-red-coloured coccus.
Reference: CHOO (Y.J.), LEE (K.), SONG (J.) and CHO (J.C.): Puniceicoccus vermicola gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel marine bacterium, and description of Puniceicoccaceae fam. nov., Puniceicoccales ord. nov., Opitutaceae fam. nov., Opitutales ord. nov. and Opitutae classis nov. in the phylum 'Verrucomicrobia'. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2007, 57, 532-537.
Original article in IJSEM Online
Puniceicoccus vermicola Choo et al. 2007, sp. nov. (Type species of the genus).
Type strain (see also StrainInfo.net): strain IMCC1545 = JCM 14086 = KCCM 42343 = NBRC 101964.
GenBank/EMBL/DDBJ accession number for the 16S rRNA gene sequence of the type strain: DQ539046.
Etymology: L. n. vermis, worm; L. suff. -cola (from L. n. incola), inhabitant; N.L. n. vermicola, inhabitant of worms.
Reference: CHOO (Y.J.), LEE (K.), SONG (J.) and CHO (J.C.): Puniceicoccus vermicola gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel marine bacterium, and description of Puniceicoccaceae fam. nov., Puniceicoccales ord. nov., Opitutaceae fam. nov., Opitutales ord. nov. and Opitutae classis nov. in the phylum 'Verrucomicrobia'. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2007, 57, 532-537.
Original article in IJSEM Online
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