Genus Aureicoccus
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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").
Aureicoccus Park et al. 2013, gen. nov.
Type species: ¤ Aureicoccus marinus Park et al. 2013.
Etymology: L. adj. aureus, of the colour of gold, golden; N.L. masc. n. coccus (from Gr. n. kokkos, grain or berry) a coccus; N.L. masc. n. Aureicoccus, a golden coccus.
Valid publication: PARK (S.), YOSHIZAWA (S.), MURAMATSU (Y.), NAKAGAWA (Y.), YOKOTA (A.) and KOGURE (K.): Aureicoccus marinus gen. nov., sp. nov., a member of the family Flavobacteriaceae, isolated from seawater. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2013, 63, 1885-1890.
Original article in IJSEM Online
Aureicoccus marinus Park et al. 2013, sp. nov. (Type species of the genus.)
Type strain: strain SG-18 = KCTC 23967 = NBRC 108814.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: AB557547.
Etymology: L. masc. adj. marinus, of or belonging to the sea, marine.
Valid publication: PARK (S.), YOSHIZAWA (S.), MURAMATSU (Y.), NAKAGAWA (Y.), YOKOTA (A.) and KOGURE (K.): Aureicoccus marinus gen. nov., sp. nov., a member of the family Flavobacteriaceae, isolated from seawater. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2013, 63, 1885-1890.
Original article in IJSEM Online