Genus Egicoccus
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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").
Egicoccus Zhang et al. 2016, gen. nov.
Type species: ¤ Egicoccus halophilus Zhang et al. 2016.
Etymology: N.L. masc. n. coccus (from Gr. masc. n. kokkos), grain, seed; N.L. masc. n. Egicoccus, arbitrary name formed from the acronym of the Institute of Ecology and Geography, EGI, where the first taxonomic study of this taxon was performed.
Valid publication: ZHANG, Y. G., CHEN, J. Y., WANG, H. F., XIAO, M., YANG, L. L., GUO, J. W., ZHOU, E. M., ZHANG, Y. M. and LI, W. J. 2016. Egicoccus halophilus gen. nov., sp. nov., a halophilic, alkalitolerant actinobacterium and proposal of Egicoccaceae fam. nov. and Egicoccales ord. nov. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 66, 530-535.
Original article in IJSEM Online
Egicoccus halophilus Zhang et al. 2016, sp. nov. (Type species of the genus.)
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) EGI 80432=CGMCC 1.14988=KCTC 33612.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: KR605110.
Whole-genome sequence accession no. for the type strain: -.
Etymology: N.L. masc. n. coccus (from Gr. masc. n. kokkos), grain, seed; N.L. masc. n. Egicoccus, arbitrary name formed from the acronym of the Institute of Ecology and Geography, EGI, where the first taxonomic study of this taxon was performed.
Source: Environmental - soil.
Valid publication: ZHANG, Y. G., CHEN, J. Y., WANG, H. F., XIAO, M., YANG, L. L., GUO, J. W., ZHOU, E. M., ZHANG, Y. M. and LI, W. J. 2016. Egicoccus halophilus gen. nov., sp. nov., a halophilic, alkalitolerant actinobacterium and proposal of Egicoccaceae fam. nov. and Egicoccales ord. nov. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 66, 530-535.
Original article in IJSEM Online