Porticoccus

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

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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").

Porticoccus Oh et al. 2010, gen. nov.
Type species: ¤ Porticoccus litoralis Oh et al. 2010.
Etymology: L. n. portus, a harbour, haven, port; N.L. masc. n. coccus (from Gr. masc. n. kokkos, grain, seed), a coccus; N.L. masc. n. Porticoccus, a coccus isolated from a harbour.
Reference: OH (H.M.), KIM (H.), KIM (K.M.), MIN (G.S.) and CHO (J.C.): Porticoccus litoralis gen. nov., sp. nov., a gammaproteobacterium isolated from the Yellow Sea. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2010, 60, 727-732.
Original article in IJSEM Online

Porticoccus litoralis Oh et al. 2010, sp. nov. (Type species of the genus).
Type strain (see also StrainInfo.net): strain IMCC2115 = KCCM 42369 = NBRC 102686.
GenBank/EMBL/DDBJ accession number for the 16S rRNA gene sequence of the type strain: EF468719.
Etymology: L. masc. adj. litoralis, of or belonging to the sea shore.
Reference: OH (H.M.), KIM (H.), KIM (K.M.), MIN (G.S.) and CHO (J.C.): Porticoccus litoralis gen. nov., sp. nov., a gammaproteobacterium isolated from the Yellow Sea. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2010, 60, 727-732.
Original article in IJSEM Online