Genus Aquicoccus
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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").
Aquicoccus Feng et al. 2018, gen. nov.
Type species: ¤ Aquicoccus porphyridii Feng et al. 2018.
Etymology: L. fem. n. aqua, water; coccus from Gr. n. kokkos, a berry; N.L. masc. n. Aquicoccus, a coccus-shaped bacterium from the water.
Valid publication: FENG, T., KIM, K. H., JEONG, S. E., KIM, W. and JEON, C. O. 2018. Aquicoccus porphyridii gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from a small marine red alga, Porphyridium marinum. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 68, 283-288.
Original article in IJSEM Online
Aquicoccus porphyridii Feng et al. 2018, sp. nov. (Type species of the genus.)
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) L1 8-17=KACC 18806=JCM 31543.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: MF113254.
Etymology: N.L. gen. n. porphyridii, of Porphyridium, referring to the isolation of the type strain from the alga, Porphyridium marinum.
Source: Plant.
Valid publication: FENG, T., KIM, K. H., JEONG, S. E., KIM, W. and JEON, C. O. 2018. Aquicoccus porphyridii gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from a small marine red alga, Porphyridium marinum. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 68, 283-288.
Original article in IJSEM Online