Genus Croceicoccus
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Number of species, including synonyms, cited in this file: 4
Number of subspecies, including synonyms, cited in this file: 0
Classification (Warning: see also the file "Classification of prokaryotes: Introduction").
Croceicoccus Xu et al. 2009, gen. nov.
Type species: ¤ Croceicoccus marinus Xu et al. 2009.
Etymology: L. adj. croceus, yellow, golden; N.L. masc. n. coccus (from Gr. masc. n. kokkos), grain or berry; N.L. masc. n. Croceicoccus, yellow coccus, referring to a yellow coccoid-shaped bacterium.
Valid publication: XU (X.W.), WU (Y.H.), WANG (C.S.), WANG (X.G.), OREN (A.) and WU (M.): Croceicoccus marinus gen. nov., sp. nov., a yellow-pigmented bacterium from deep-sea sediment, and emended description of the family Erythrobacteraceae. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2009, 59, 2247-2253.
Original article in IJSEM Online
→ Croceicoccus Xu et al. 2009 emend. Huang et al. 2015.
Reference: HUANG, Y., ZENG, Y., FENG, H., WU, Y. and XU, X. 2015. Croceicoccus naphthovorans sp. nov., a polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons-degrading and acylhomoserine-lactone-producing bacterium isolated from marine biofilm, and emended description of the genus Croceicoccus. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 65, 1531-1536.
Original article.
Croceicoccus marinus Xu et al. 2009, sp. nov. (Type species of the genus.)
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) E4A9 = CGMCC 1.6776 = JCM 14846.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: EF623998.
Etymology: L. masc. adj. marinus, of or belonging to the sea, marine.
Valid publication: XU (X.W.), WU (Y.H.), WANG (C.S.), WANG (X.G.), OREN (A.) and WU (M.): Croceicoccus marinus gen. nov., sp. nov., a yellow-pigmented bacterium from deep-sea sediment, and emended description of the family Erythrobacteraceae. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2009, 59, 2247-2253.
Original article in IJSEM Online
→ Croceicoccus marinus Xu et al. 2009 emend. Huang et al. 2015.
Reference: HUANG, Y., ZENG, Y., FENG, H., WU, Y. and XU, X. 2015. Croceicoccus naphthovorans sp. nov., a polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons-degrading and acylhomoserine-lactone-producing bacterium isolated from marine biofilm, and emended description of the genus Croceicoccus. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 65, 1531-1536.
Original article.
Croceicoccus mobilis Wu et al. 2016, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) Ery22=CGMCC 1.15360=DSM 101481.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: KT383846.
Whole-genome sequence accession no. for the type strain: LYWZ00000000.
Etymology: L. masc. adj. mobilis, motile.
Source: Environmental - marine.
Valid publication: WU, Y. H., LI, G. Y., JIAN, S. L., CHENG, H., HUO, Y. Y., WANG, C. S., SHAO, Z. Z. and XU, X. W. 2016. Croceicoccus pelagius sp. nov. and Croceicoccus mobilis sp. nov., isolated from marine environments. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 66, 4506-4511.
Original article in IJSEM Online
Croceicoccus naphthovorans Huang et al. 2015, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) PQ-2=CGMCC 1.12805=NBRC 110381.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: KF145127.
Etymology: Gr. n. naphtha, oil; L. part. vorans, devouring; N.L. part. adj. naphthovorans, oil-degrading.
Source: Environmental - marine.
Valid publication: HUANG, Y., ZENG, Y., FENG, H., WU, Y. and XU, X. 2015. Croceicoccus naphthovorans sp. nov., a polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons-degrading and acylhomoserine-lactone-producing bacterium isolated from marine biofilm, and emended description of the genus Croceicoccus. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 65, 1531-1536.
Original article in IJSEM Online
Croceicoccus pelagius Wu et al. 2016, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) Ery9=CGMCC 1.15358=DSM 101479.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: KT383844.
Whole-genome sequence accession no. for the type strain: LYWY00000000.
Etymology: L. masc. adj. pelagius, of the sea, marine.
Source: Environmental - marine.
Valid publication: WU, Y. H., LI, G. Y., JIAN, S. L., CHENG, H., HUO, Y. Y., WANG, C. S., SHAO, Z. Z. and XU, X. W. 2016. Croceicoccus pelagius sp. nov. and Croceicoccus mobilis sp. nov., isolated from marine environments. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 66, 4506-4511.
Original article in IJSEM Online