Genus Micrococcoides
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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").
Micrococcoides Toth et al. 2017, gen. nov.
Type species: ¤ Micrococcoides hystricis Toth et al. 2017.
Etymology: N.L. masc. n. Micrococcus, a bacterial genus; -oides (from Gr. suff. -eides, derived from Gr. neut. n. eidos, that which is seen, form, shape, figure) resembling, similar; N.L. neut. n. Micrococcoides, resembling Micrococcus.
Valid publication: TOTH, A., BAKA, E., BATA-VIDACS, I., LUZICS, S., KOSZTIK, J., TOTH, E., KEKI, Z., SCHUMANN, P., TANCSICS, A., NAGY, I., SOS, E. and KUKOLYA, J. 2017. Micrococcoides hystricis gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel member of the family Micrococcaceae, phylum Actinobacteria. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 67, 2758-2765.
Original article in IJSEM Online
Micrococcoides hystricis Toth et al. 2017, sp. nov. (Type species of the genus.)
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) TSL3=DSM 29785=NCAIM B. 02604.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: KP144782.
Etymology: L. gen. fem. n. hystricis, of a porcupine, of Hystrix indica.
Source: Animal.
Valid publication: TOTH, A., BAKA, E., BATA-VIDACS, I., LUZICS, S., KOSZTIK, J., TOTH, E., KEKI, Z., SCHUMANN, P., TANCSICS, A., NAGY, I., SOS, E. and KUKOLYA, J. 2017. Micrococcoides hystricis gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel member of the family Micrococcaceae, phylum Actinobacteria. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 67, 2758-2765.
Original article in IJSEM Online