Genus Aggregicoccus
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Number of species, including synonyms, cited in this file: 1
Number of subspecies, including synonyms, cited in this file: 0
Classification (Warning: see also the file "Classification of prokaryotes: Introduction").
Aggregicoccus Sood et al. 2015, gen. nov.
Type species: ¤ Aggregicoccus edonensis Sood et al. 2015.
Etymology: L. v. aggrego, to aggregate, form clumps; N.L. masc. n. coccus (from Gr. masc. n. kokkos, grain, seed, coccus); N.L. masc. n. Aggregicoccus, an aggregating coccus, referring to massively aggregating cells in liquid culture.
Valid publication: SOOD, S., AWAL, R. P., WINK, J., MOHR, K. I., ROHDE, M., STADLER, M., KÄMPFER, P., GLAESER, S. P., SCHUMANN, P., GARCIA, R. and MÜLLER, R. 2015. Aggregicoccus edonensis gen. nov., sp. nov., an unusually aggregating myxobacterium isolated from a soil sample. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 65, 745-753
Original article in IJSEM Online
Aggregicoccus edonensis Sood et al. 2015, sp. nov. (Type species of the genus.)
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) MCy1366=DSM 27872=NCCB 100468.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: KF767690.
Etymology: N.L. masc. adj. edonensis, belonging to Edo, former name of Tokyo, where the soil sample was collected from which the type strain was isolated.
Source: Environmental - soil.
Valid publication: SOOD, S., AWAL, R. P., WINK, J., MOHR, K. I., ROHDE, M., STADLER, M., KÄMPFER, P., GLAESER, S. P., SCHUMANN, P., GARCIA, R. and MÜLLER, R. 2015. Aggregicoccus edonensis gen. nov., sp. nov., an unusually aggregating myxobacterium isolated from a soil sample. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 65, 745-753
Original article in IJSEM Online