Genus Atopococcus
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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").
For a detailed description of this taxon see Bergey’s Manual of Systematics of Archaea and Bacteria (BMSAB).
Atopococcus Collins et al. 2005, gen. nov.
Type species: ¤ Atopococcus tabaci Collins et al. 2005.
Etymology: Gr. adj. atopos, having no place, strange; N.L. masc. n. coccus (from Gr. masc. n. kokkos, grain, seed), coccus; N.L. masc. n. Atopococcus, a strange coccus.
Valid publication: COLLINS (M.D.), WIERNIK (A.), FALSEN (E.) and LAWSON (P.A.): Atopococcus tabaci gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel Gram-positive, catalase-negative, coccus-shaped bacterium isolated from tobacco. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2005, 55, 1693-1696.
Original article in IJSEM Online
Atopococcus tabaci Collins et al. 2005, sp. nov. (Type species of the genus.)
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) CCUG 48253 = CIP 108502.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: AJ634917.
Etymology: N.L. gen. n. tabaci, of tobacco.
Valid publication: COLLINS (M.D.), WIERNIK (A.), FALSEN (E.) and LAWSON (P.A.): Atopococcus tabaci gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel Gram-positive, catalase-negative, coccus-shaped bacterium isolated from tobacco. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2005, 55, 1693-1696.
Original article in IJSEM Online