Granulicoccus

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

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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").

Granulicoccus Maszenan et al. 2007, gen. nov.
Type species: ¤ Granulicoccus phenolivorans Maszenan et al. 2007.
Etymology: L. neut. n. granulum, a small grain; N.L. masc. n. coccus (from Gr. masc. n. kokkos, grain, seed), coccus; N.L. masc. n. Granulicoccus, a coccus from (sludge) granules (referring to the isolation source).
Reference: MASZENAN (A.M.), JIANG (H.L.), TAY (J.H.), SCHUMANN (P.), KROPPENSTEDT (R.M.) and TAY (S.T.L.): Granulicoccus phenolivorans gen. nov., sp. nov., a Gram-positive, phenol-degrading coccus isolated from phenol-degrading aerobic granules. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2007, 57, 730-737.
Original article in IJSEM Online

Granulicoccus phenolivorans Maszenan et al. 2007, sp. nov. (Type species of the genus).
Type strain (see also StrainInfo.net): strain PG-02 = ATCC BAA-1292 = DSM 17626 = JCM 15570.
GenBank/EMBL/DDBJ accession number for the 16S rRNA gene sequence of the type strain: AY566575.
Etymology: N.L. neut. n. phenol -olis, phenol; L. part. adj. vorans, devouring, consuming; N.L. part. adj. phenolivorans, consuming phenol.
Reference: MASZENAN (A.M.), JIANG (H.L.), TAY (J.H.), SCHUMANN (P.), KROPPENSTEDT (R.M.) and TAY (S.T.L.): Granulicoccus phenolivorans gen. nov., sp. nov., a Gram-positive, phenol-degrading coccus isolated from phenol-degrading aerobic granules. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2007, 57, 730-737.
Original article in IJSEM Online