Genus Bavariicoccus
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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").
Bavariicoccus Schmidt et al. 2009, gen. nov.
Type species: ¤ Bavariicoccus seileri Schmidt et al. 2009.
Etymology: L. fem. n. Bavaria, Bavaria (Germany); N.L. masc. n. coccus (from Gr. masc. n. kokkos, grain, seed), coccus; N.L. masc. n. Bavariicoccus, a coccoid-shaped bacterium isolated in Bavaria.
Valid publication: SCHMIDT (V.S.J.), MAYR (R.), WENNING (M.), GLÖCKNER (J.), BUSSE (H.J.) and SCHERER (S.): Bavariicoccus seileri gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from the surface and smear water of German red smear soft cheese. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2009, 59, 2437-2443.
Original article in IJSEM Online
Bavariicoccus seileri Schmidt et al. 2009, sp. nov. (Type species of the genus.)
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) WCC 4188 = CCUG 55508 = DSM 19936.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: FM177901.
Etymology: N.L. gen. masc. n. seileri, of Seiler, named in honour of Herbert Seiler, former microbiologist of the Technical University of Munich with great merit in FT-IR spectroscopic identification of micro-organisms.
Valid publication: SCHMIDT (V.S.J.), MAYR (R.), WENNING (M.), GLÖCKNER (J.), BUSSE (H.J.) and SCHERER (S.): Bavariicoccus seileri gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from the surface and smear water of German red smear soft cheese. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2009, 59, 2437-2443.
Original article in IJSEM Online