Genus Cerasicoccus
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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).
Cerasicoccus Yoon et al. 2007, gen. nov.
Type species: ¤ Cerasicoccus arenae Yoon et al. 2007.
Etymology: L. neut. n. cerasum, a cherry; Gr. masc. n. kokkos, berry; N.L. masc. n. Cerasicoccus, pale-pink colored coccus, referring to the pale-pink colour of the bacterium.
Valid publication: YOON (J.), MATSUO (Y.), MATSUDA (S.), ADACHI (K.), KASAI (H.) and YOKOTA (A.): Cerasicoccus arenae gen. nov., sp. nov., a carotenoid-producing marine representative of the family Puniceicoccaceae within the phylum 'Verrucomicrobia', isolated from marine sand. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2007, 57, 2067-2072.
Original article in IJSEM Online
Cerasicoccus arenae Yoon et al. 2007, sp. nov. (Type species of the genus.)
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) YM26-026 = KCTC 12870 = MBIC08280 = NBRC 103621.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: AB292183.
Etymology: L. gen. n. arenae, of sand.
Valid publication: YOON (J.), MATSUO (Y.), MATSUDA (S.), ADACHI (K.), KASAI (H.) and YOKOTA (A.): Cerasicoccus arenae gen. nov., sp. nov., a carotenoid-producing marine representative of the family Puniceicoccaceae within the phylum 'Verrucomicrobia', isolated from marine sand. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2007, 57, 2067-2072.
Original article in IJSEM Online