Roseococcus

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

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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").

Roseococcus Yurkov et al. 1994, gen. nov.
Type species: ¤ Roseococcus thiosulfatophilus Yurkov et al. 1994.
Recommended three-letter abbreviation: Rsc. (see the file ¤ "Three-letter code for abbreviations of generic names").
Etymology: L. adj. roseus, rose, pink; N.L. masc. n. coccus (from Gr. masc. n. kokkos, grain, seed), coccus; N.L. masc. n. Roseococcus, pink spherical bacterium..
Reference: YURKOV (V.), STACKEBRANDT (E.), HOLMES (A.), FUERST (J.A.), HUGENHOLTZ (P.), GOLECKI (J.), GAD'ON (N.), GORLENKO (V.M.), KOMPANTSEVA (E.I.) and DREWS (G.): Phylogenetic positions of novel aerobic, bacteriochlorophyll a-containing bacteria and description of Roseococcus thiosulfatophilus gen. nov., sp. nov., Erythromicrobium ramosum gen. nov., sp. nov., and Erythrobacter litoralis sp. nov. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1994, 44, 427-434.
Original article in IJSEM Online

Roseococcus suduntuyensis Boldareva et al. 2009, sp. nov.
Type strain: strain SHET = DSM 19979 = VKM B-2453.
GenBank/EMBL/DDBJ accession number for the 16S rRNA gene sequence of the type strain: EU012448.
Etymology: N.L. masc. adj. suduntuyensis, pertaining to Suduntuy, discovered near the Suduntuy (or Suduntui) settlement (Chita oblast).
Reference: VALIDATION LIST N° 127. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2009, 59, 923-925 [BOLDAREVA (E.N.), TOUROVA (T.P.), KOLGANOVA (T.V.), MOSKALENKO (A.A.), MAKHNEVA (Z.K.) and GORLENKO (V.M.): Roseococcus suduntuyensis sp. nov., a new aerobic bacteriochlorophyll a-containing bacterium isolated from a low-mineralized soda lake of Eastern Siberia. Microbiology, 2009, 78, 92-101 (English translation of Mikrobiologiya, 2009, 78, 106-116).]
Validation List N° 127 in IJSEM Online - Effective publication Online

Roseococcus thiosulfatophilus Yurkov et al. 1994, sp. nov. (Type species of the genus).
Type strain (see also StrainInfo.net): strain RB3 = ATCC 700004 = DSM 8511.
GenBank/EMBL/DDBJ accession number for the 16S rRNA gene sequence of the type strain: X72908.
Etymology: N.L. n. thiosulfas -atis, thiosulfate; N.L. masc. adj. philus (from Gr. masc. adj. philos), friend, loving; N.L. masc. adj. thiosulfatophilus, thiosulfate liking.
Reference: YURKOV (V.), STACKEBRANDT (E.), HOLMES (A.), FUERST (J.A.), HUGENHOLTZ (P.), GOLECKI (J.), GAD'ON (N.), GORLENKO (V.M.), KOMPANTSEVA (E.I.) and DREWS (G.): Phylogenetic positions of novel aerobic, bacteriochlorophyll a-containing bacteria and description of Roseococcus thiosulfatophilus gen. nov., sp. nov., Erythromicrobium ramosum gen. nov., sp. nov., and Erythrobacter litoralis sp. nov. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1994, 44, 427-434.
Original article in IJSEM Online