Eremococcus

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

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Number of subspecies cited in this file: 0

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

Eremococcus Collins et al. 1999, gen. nov.
Type species: ¤ Eremococcus coleocola Collins et al. 1999.
Etymology: Gr. adj. eremos, lonely; N.L. masc. n. coccus (from Gr. masc. n. kokkos, grain, seed), coccus; N.L. masc. n. Eremococcus, a lonely or isolated coccus, referring to its distinct phylogenetic position.
Reference: COLLINS (M.D.), RODRIGUEZ JOVITA (M.), LAWSON (P.A.), FALSEN (E.) and FOSTER (G.): Characterization of a novel Gram-positive, catalase-negative coccus from horses: description of Eremococcus coleocola gen. nov., sp. nov. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1999, 49, 1381-1385.
Original article in IJSEM Online

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Eremococcus coleocola Collins et al. 1999, sp. nov. (Type species of the genus).
Type strain (see also StrainInfo.net): strain M1832/95/2 = ATCC BAA-57 = CCUG 38207 = CIP 106310.
GenBank/EMBL/DDBJ accession number for the 16S rRNA gene sequence of the type strain: Y17780.
Etymology: Gr. n. colea, vagina; L. suffix -cola (from L. n. incola), inhabitant; N.L. n. coleocola, inhabitant of the vagina, referring to the isolation of the type strain.
Reference: COLLINS (M.D.), RODRIGUEZ JOVITA (M.), LAWSON (P.A.), FALSEN (E.) and FOSTER (G.): Characterization of a novel Gram-positive, catalase-negative coccus from horses: description of Eremococcus coleocola gen. nov., sp. nov. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1999, 49, 1381-1385.
Original article in IJSEM Online

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