Pelagicoccus

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

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Number of species cited in this file: 4
Number of subspecies cited in this file: 0

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

Pelagicoccus Yoon et al. 2007, gen. nov.
Type species: ¤ Pelagicoccus mobilis Yoon et al. 2007.
Etymology: L. n. pelagus, the open sea, the ocean; N.L. masc. n. coccus (from Gr. masc. n. kokkos), berry; N.L. masc. n. Pelagicoccus, referring to a coccoid-shaped bacterium isolated from the sea.
Reference: YOON (J.), YASUMOTO-HIROSE (M.), MATSUO (Y.), NOZAWA (M.), MATSUDA (S.), KASAI (H.) and YOKOTA (A.): Pelagicoccus mobilis gen. nov., sp. nov., Pelagicoccus albus sp. nov. and Pelagicoccus litoralis sp. nov., three novel members of subdivision 4 within the phylum 'Verrucomicrobia', isolated from seawater by in situ cultivation. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2007, 57, 1377-1385.
Original article in IJSEM Online

Pelagicoccus albus Yoon et al. 2007, sp. nov.
Type strain (see also StrainInfo.net): strain YM14-201 = IAM 15421 = JCM 23202 = KCTC 13124 = MBIC08272.
GenBank/EMBL/DDBJ accession number for the 16S rRNA gene sequence of the type strain: AB286016.
Etymology: L. masc. adj. albus, white, referring to the dull-white colour of colonies.
Reference: YOON (J.), YASUMOTO-HIROSE (M.), MATSUO (Y.), NOZAWA (M.), MATSUDA (S.), KASAI (H.) and YOKOTA (A.): Pelagicoccus mobilis gen. nov., sp. nov., Pelagicoccus albus sp. nov. and Pelagicoccus litoralis sp. nov., three novel members of subdivision 4 within the phylum 'Verrucomicrobia', isolated from seawater by in situ cultivation. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2007, 57, 1377-1385.
Original article in IJSEM Online

Pelagicoccus croceus Yoon et al. 2007, sp. nov.
Type strain (see also StrainInfo.net): strain N5FB36-5 = KCTC 12903 = MBIC08283.
GenBank/EMBL/DDBJ accession number for the 16S rRNA gene sequence of the type strain: AB297922.
Etymology: L. masc. adj. croceus, saffron-coloured, yellow, golden, referring to the pale-yellow colour of colonies.
Reference: YOON (J.), OKU (N.), MATSUDA (S.), KASAI (H.) and YOKOTA (A.): Pelagicoccus croceus sp. nov., a novel marine member of the family Puniceicoccaceae within the phylum 'Verrucomicrobia' isolated from seagrass. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2007, 57, 2874-2880.
Original article in IJSEM Online

Note: In the paper by Yoon et al. 2007, the type strain MBIC08283 is erroneously cited as MBIC08282.
Reference: Erratum. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2010 60, 718.
Erratum in IJSEM Online

Pelagicoccus litoralis Yoon et al. 2007, sp. nov.
Type strain (see also StrainInfo.net): strain H-MN57 = IAM 15423 = JCM 23204 = KCTC 13125 = MBIC08273 = NBRC 103622.
GenBank/EMBL/DDBJ accession number for the 16S rRNA gene sequence of the type strain: AB286017.
Etymology: L. masc. adj. litoralis, pertaining to the coast.
Reference: YOON (J.), YASUMOTO-HIROSE (M.), MATSUO (Y.), NOZAWA (M.), MATSUDA (S.), KASAI (H.) and YOKOTA (A.): Pelagicoccus mobilis gen. nov., sp. nov., Pelagicoccus albus sp. nov. and Pelagicoccus litoralis sp. nov., three novel members of subdivision 4 within the phylum 'Verrucomicrobia', isolated from seawater by in situ cultivation. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2007, 57, 1377-1385.
Original article in IJSEM Online

Pelagicoccus mobilis Yoon et al. 2007, sp. nov. (Type species of the genus).
Type strain (see also StrainInfo.net): strain 02PA-Ca-133 = IAM 15422 = JCM 23203 = KCTC 13126 = MBIC08004.
GenBank/EMBL/DDBJ accession number for the 16S rRNA gene sequence of the type strain: AB286015.
Etymology: L. masc. adj. mobilis, movable, mobile, referring to the ability to move by means of flagella.
Reference: YOON (J.), YASUMOTO-HIROSE (M.), MATSUO (Y.), NOZAWA (M.), MATSUDA (S.), KASAI (H.) and YOKOTA (A.): Pelagicoccus mobilis gen. nov., sp. nov., Pelagicoccus albus sp. nov. and Pelagicoccus litoralis sp. nov., three novel members of subdivision 4 within the phylum 'Verrucomicrobia', isolated from seawater by in situ cultivation. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2007, 57, 1377-1385.
Original article in IJSEM Online