Humicoccus

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

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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").

Humicoccus Yoon et al. 2007, gen. nov.
Type species: ¤ Humicoccus flavidus Yoon et al. 2007.
Etymology: L. n. humus, the soil; N.L. masc. n. coccus (from Gr. masc. n. kokkos, grain, seed), coccus; N.L. masc. n. Humicoccus, coccus isolated from soil.
Reference: YOON (J.H.), KANG (S.J.), JUNG (S.Y.) and OH (T.K.): Humicoccus flavidus gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from soil. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2007, 57, 56-59.
Original article in IJSEM Online

Humicoccus flavidus Yoon et al. 2007, sp. nov. (Type species of the genus).
Type strain (see also StrainInfo.net): strain DS-52 = CIP 108919 = JCM 15652 = KCTC 19127.
GenBank/EMBL/DDBJ accession number for the 16S rRNA gene sequence of the type strain: DQ321750.
Etymology: L. masc. adj. flavidus, pale yellow.
Reference: YOON (J.H.), KANG (S.J.), JUNG (S.Y.) and OH (T.K.): Humicoccus flavidus gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from soil. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2007, 57, 56-59.
Original article in IJSEM Online