Genus Negativicoccus
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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").
Negativicoccus Marchandin et al. 2010, gen. nov.
Type species: ¤ Negativicoccus succinicivorans Marchandin et al. 2010.
Etymology: L. adj. negativus, negative; N.L. masc. n. coccus (from Gr. masc. n. kokkos), grain or berry; N.L. masc. n. Negativicoccus, coccus with a typical Gram-negative cell wall structure with an outer membrane observed by electron microscopy.
Valid publication: MARCHANDIN (H.), TEYSSIER (C.), CAMPOS (J.), JEAN-PIERRE (H.), ROGER (F.), GAY (B.), CARLIER (J.P.) and JUMAS-BILAK (E.): Negativicoccus succinicivorans gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from human clinical samples, emended description of the family Veillonellaceae and description of Negativicutes classis nov., Selenomonadales ord. nov. and Acidaminococcaceae fam. nov. in the bacterial phylum Firmicutes. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2010, 60, 1271-1279.
Original article in IJSEM Online
Negativicoccus succinicivorans Marchandin et al. 2010, sp. nov. (Type species of the genus.)
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) ADV 07/08/06-B-1388 = AIP 149.07 = CCUG 56017 = CIP 109806 = DSM 21255.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: FJ715930.
Etymology: N.L. n. acidum succinicum, succinic acid; L. part. adj. vorans, devouring; N.L. part. adj. succinicivorans, succinic acid-devouring.
Valid publication: MARCHANDIN (H.), TEYSSIER (C.), CAMPOS (J.), JEAN-PIERRE (H.), ROGER (F.), GAY (B.), CARLIER (J.P.) and JUMAS-BILAK (E.): Negativicoccus succinicivorans gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from human clinical samples, emended description of the family Veillonellaceae and description of Negativicutes classis nov., Selenomonadales ord. nov. and Acidaminococcaceae fam. nov. in the bacterial phylum Firmicutes. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2010, 60, 1271-1279.
Original article in IJSEM Online