Genus Dermacoccus
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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").
For a detailed description of this taxon see Bergey’s Manual of Systematics of Archaea and Bacteria (BMSAB).
Dermacoccus Stackebrandt et al. 1995, gen. nov. (Type genus of the family ¤ Dermacoccaceae Schumann and Stackebrandt 2000).
Type species: ¤ Dermacoccus nishinomiyaensis (Oda 1935) Stackebrandt et al. 1995.
Etymology: Gr. n. derma, skin; N.L. masc. n. coccus (from Gr. masc. n. kokkos, grain, seed), coccus; N.L. masc. n. Dermacoccus, coccus living on skin.
Valid publication: STACKEBRANDT (E.), KOCH (C.), GVOZDIAK (O.) and SCHUMANN (P.): Taxonomic dissection of the genus Micrococcus: Kocuria gen. nov., Nesterenkonia gen. nov., Kytococcus gen. nov., Dermacoccus gen. nov., and Micrococcus Cohn 1872 gen. emend. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1995, 45, 682-692.
Original article in IJSEM Online
Dermacoccus abyssi Pathom-aree et al. 2006, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) MT1.1 = DSM 17573 = JCM 14339 = NCIMB 14084.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: AY894323.
Etymology: L. gen. n. abyssi, of an abyss.
Valid publication: PATHOM-AREE (W.), NOGI (Y.), SUTCLIFFE (I.C.), WARD (A.C.), HORIKOSHI (K.), BULL (A.T.) and GOODFELLOW (M.): Dermacoccus abyssi sp. nov., a piezotolerant actinomycete isolated from the Mariana Trench. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2006, 56, 1233-1237.
Original article in IJSEM Online
Note: The specific epithet abyssi is a Latin genitive noun, not a neo-Latin genitive noun as cited in the paper by Pathom-aree et al. 2006.
Dermacoccus barathri Pathom-aree et al. 2006, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) MT2.1 = DSM 17574 = JCM 14588 = NCIMB 14081.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: AY894328.
Etymology: L. neut. n. barathrum, a deep pit, an abyss; L. gen. n. barathri, of an abyss.
Valid publication: PATHOM-AREE (W.), NOGI (Y.), WARD (A.C.), HORIKOSHI (K.), BULL (A.T.) and GOODFELLOW (M.): Dermacoccus barathri sp. nov. and Dermacoccus profundi sp. nov., novel actinomycetes isolated from deep-sea mud of the Mariana Trench. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2006, 56, 2303-2307.
Original article in IJSEM Online
Dermacoccus nishinomiyaensis (Oda 1935) Stackebrandt et al. 1995, comb. nov. (Type species of the genus.)
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) ATCC 29093= CCM 2140 = CCUG 33028 = CIP 81.71 = DSM 20448 = IEGM 393 = IFO (now NBRC) 15356 = JCM 11613 = LMG 14222 = NCTC 11039 = VKM B-1818.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: X87757.
Basonym: ¤ Micrococcus nishinomiyaensis Oda 1935 (Approved Lists 1980).
Etymology: N.L. masc. adj. nishinomiyaensis, of or belonging to Nishinomiya, a city in Japan.
Valid publication: STACKEBRANDT (E.), KOCH (C.), GVOZDIAK (O.) and SCHUMANN (P.): Taxonomic dissection of the genus Micrococcus: Kocuria gen. nov., Nesterenkonia gen. nov., Kytococcus gen. nov., Dermacoccus gen. nov., and Micrococcus Cohn 1872 gen. emend. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1995, 45, 682-692.
Original article in IJSEM Online
Dermacoccus profundi Pathom-aree et al. 2006, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) MT2.2 = DSM 17575 = JCM 14589 = NCIMB 14126.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: AY894329.
Etymology: L. neut. n. profundum, depth, abyss; L. gen. n. profundi, of an abyss.
Valid publication: PATHOM-AREE (W.), NOGI (Y.), WARD (A.C.), HORIKOSHI (K.), BULL (A.T.) and GOODFELLOW (M.): Dermacoccus barathri sp. nov. and Dermacoccus profundi sp. nov., novel actinomycetes isolated from deep-sea mud of the Mariana Trench. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2006, 56, 2303-2307.
Original article in IJSEM Online
Note: In the paper by Pathom-aree et al. 2006, the type strain NCIMB 14126 is erroneously cited as NCIMB 14084.
Reference: Erratum: Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2007, 57, 197.
Erratum in IJSEM Online