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Genus Micrococcoides

Warning: In the List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature, an arrow () only indicates the sequence of valid publication of names and does not mean that the last name in the sequence must be used (see: Introduction).

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

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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

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