Genus Aliicoccus
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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").
Aliicoccus Amoozegar et al. 2014, gen. nov.
Type species: ¤ Aliicoccus persicus Amoozegar et al. 2014.
Etymology: L. n. alius, other, another; N.L. masc. n. coccus, a coccus (from Gr. n. kokkos, a grain, berry); N.L. masc. n. Aliicoccus, the other coccus.
Valid publication: AMOOZEGAR, M. A., BAGHERI, M., MAKHDOUMI-KAKHKI, A., DIDARI, M., SCHUMANN, P., NIKOU, M. M., SÁCHEZ-PORRO, C. and VENTOSA, A. 2014. Aliicoccus persicus gen. nov., sp. nov., a halophilic member of the Firmicutes isolated from a hypersaline lake. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 64, 1964-1969.
Original article in IJSEM Online
Aliicoccus persicus Amoozegar et al. 2014, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) A76=CECT 8508=DSM 28306=IBRC-M 10081.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: HQ433462.
Etymology: L. masc. adj. persicus, of Persia.
Source: Environmental.
Valid publication: AMOOZEGAR, M. A., BAGHERI, M., MAKHDOUMI-KAKHKI, A., DIDARI, M., SCHUMANN, P., NIKOU, M. M., SÁCHEZ-PORRO, C. and VENTOSA, A. 2014. Aliicoccus persicus gen. nov., sp. nov., a halophilic member of the Firmicutes isolated from a hypersaline lake. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 64, 1964-1969.
Original article in IJSEM Online