Genus Kytococcus
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Number of species, including synonyms, cited in this file: 3
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).
Kytococcus Stackebrandt et al. 1995, gen. nov.
Type species: ¤ Kytococcus sedentarius (ZoBell and Upham 1944) Stackebrandt et al. 1995.
Etymology: Gr. neut. n. kytos, skin (sic); N.L. masc. n. coccus (from Gr. masc. n. kokkos, grain, seed), coccus; N.L. masc. n. Kytococcus, a coccus from 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
Kytococcus aerolatus Kämpfer et al. 2009, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) 02-St-019/1 = CCM 7639 = CCUG 57578 = DSM 22179 = JCM 17971.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: FM992368.
Etymology: Gr. n. aer, air; L. part. adj. latus -a -um, carried; N.L. masc. adj. aerolatus, airborne.
Valid publication: Validation List no. 130. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2009, 59, 2647-2648.
Effective publication: KÄMPFER (P.), MARTIN (K.), SCHÄFER (J.), and SCHUMANN (P.): Kytococcus aerolatus sp. nov., isolated from indoor air in a room colonized with moulds. Syst. Appl. Microbiol., 2009, 32, 301-305.
Validation List no. 130 in IJSEM Online - Effective publication Online
Note: The accession number CCUG 57578 has been provided at the time of request for valid publication of the name.
Reference: ASSOCIATE EDITOR, IJSEM: Validation List no. 130 (footnote ||). Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2009, 59, 2647-2648.
Validation List no. 130 in IJSEM Online
Kytococcus schroeteri Becker et al. 2002, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) Muenster 2000 = CCM 4918 = DSM 13884 = JCM 12136.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: AJ297722.
Etymology: N.L. masc. gen. n. schroeteri, of Schroeter, honouring Joseph Schroeter, a German microbiologist.
Valid publication: BECKER (K.), SCHUMANN (P.), WÜLLENWEBER (J.), SCHULTE (M.), WEIL (H.P.), STACKEBRANDT (E.), PETERS (G.) and von EIFF (C.): Kytococcus schroeteri sp. nov., a novel Gram-positive actinobacterium isolated from a human clinical source. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2002, 52, 1609-1614.
Original article in IJSEM Online
Kytococcus sedentarius (ZoBell and Upham 1944) Stackebrandt et al. 1995, comb. nov. (Type species of the genus.)
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) ATCC 14392= CCM 314 = CCUG 33030 = CIP 81.72 = DSM 20547 = IFO (now NBRC) 15357 = JCM 11482 = LMG 14228 = NCTC 11040 = VKM B-1316.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: CP001686 (complete genome).
Basonym: ¤ Micrococcus sedentarius ZoBell and Upham 1944 (Approved Lists 1980).
Etymology: L. masc. adj. sedentarius, of or belonging to sitting, sitting, sedentary.
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