Oenococcus

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

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Number of species cited in this file: 2
Number of subspecies cited in this file: 0

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

Oenococcus Dicks et al. 1995, gen. nov.
Type species: ¤ Oenococcus oeni (Garvie 1967) Dicks et al. 1995.
Etymology: Gr. n. oinos, wine; N.L. masc. n. coccus (from Gr. masc. n. kokkos), berry; N.L. masc. n. Oenococcus, coccus from wine.
Reference: DICKS (L.M.T.), DELLAGLIO (F.) and COLLINS (M.D.): Proposal to reclassify Leuconostoc oenos as Oenococcus oeni [corrig.] gen. nov., comb. nov. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1995, 45, 395-397.
Original article in IJSEM Online

---> Oenococcus Dicks et al. 1995 emend. Endo and Okada 2006.
Type species: ¤ Oenococcus oeni (Garvie 1967) Dicks et al. 1995.
Etymology: Gr. n. oinos, wine; N.L. masc. n. coccus (from Gr. masc. n. kokkos), berry; N.L. masc. n. Oenococcus, coccus from wine.
Reference: ENDO (A.) and OKADA (S.): Oenococcus kitaharae sp. nov., a non-acidophilic and non-malolactic-fermenting oenococcus isolated from a composting distilled shochu residue. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2006, 56, 2345-2348.
Original article in IJSEM Online

Oenococcus kitaharae Endo and Okada 2006, sp. nov.
Type strain (see also StrainInfo.net): strain DSM 17330 = JCM 13282 = NRIC 0645.
GenBank/EMBL/DDBJ accession number for the 16S rRNA gene sequence of the type strain: AB221475.
Etymology: N.L. gen. n. kitaharae, of Kitahara, to honour the Japanese microbiologist Kakuo Kitahara, for his contribution to the systematics and classification of lactic acid bacteria and in the development of the study of lactic acid bacteria.
Reference: ENDO (A.) and OKADA (S.): Oenococcus kitaharae sp. nov., a non-acidophilic and non-malolactic-fermenting oenococcus isolated from a composting distilled shochu residue. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2006, 56, 2345-2348.
Original article in IJSEM Online

Oenococcus oeni (Garvie 1967) Dicks et al. 1995, comb. nov. (Type species of the genus).
Type strain (see also StrainInfo.net): strain ATCC 23279 = CCUG 30199 = CCUG 32250 = CIP 106144 = DSM 20252 = JCM 6125 = LMG 9851 = NBRC 100497 = NCIMB 11648 (formerly NCDO 1674) = NRRL B-3472.
GenBank/EMBL/DDBJ accession number for the 16S rRNA gene sequence of the type strain: AB022924.
Basonym: ¤ Leuconostoc oeni corrig. Garvie 1967 (Approved Lists 1980).
Etymology: Gr. n. oinos, wine; N.L. gen. n. oeni, of wine.
Reference: DICKS (L.M.T.), DELLAGLIO (F.) and COLLINS (M.D.): Proposal to reclassify Leuconostoc oenos as Oenococcus oeni [corrig.] gen. nov., comb. nov. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1995, 45, 395-397.
Original article in IJSEM Online