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Genus Neomicrococcus

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: 2
Number of subspecies, including synonyms, cited in this file: 0

Classification (Warning: see also the file "Classification of prokaryotes: Introduction").


Neomicrococcus Prakash et al. 2015, gen. nov.
Type species: ¤ Neomicrococcus aestuarii Prakash et al. 2015.
Etymology: Gr. adj. neos, new; N.L. masc. n. Micrococcus, a bacterial genus name; N.L. masc. n. Neomicrococcus, a new Micrococcus.
Valid publication: PRAKASH, O., SHARMA, A., NIMONKAR, Y. and SHOUCHE, Y. S. 2015. Proposal for creation of a new genus Neomicrococcus gen. nov. to accommodate Zhihengliuella aestuarii Baik et al. 2011 and Micrococcus lactis Chittpurna et al. 2011 as Neomicrococcus aestuarii comb. nov. and Neomicrococcus lactis comb. nov. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 65, 3771-3776.
Original article in IJSEM Online

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Neomicrococcus aestuarii Prakash et al. 2015, comb. nov. (Type species of the genus.)
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) DY66=JCM 16364=KCTC 19557.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: EU939716.
Whole-genome sequence accession no. for the type strain: -.
Basonym: ¤ Zhihengliuella aestuarii Baik et al. 2011.
Etymology: L. gen. n. aestuarii, of a tidal flat, from where the type strain was isolated.
Source: Environmental - marine.
Valid publication: PRAKASH, O., SHARMA, A., NIMONKAR, Y. and SHOUCHE, Y. S. 2015. Proposal for creation of a new genus Neomicrococcus gen. nov. to accommodate Zhihengliuella aestuarii Baik et al. 2011 and Micrococcus lactis Chittpurna et al. 2011 as Neomicrococcus aestuarii comb. nov. and Neomicrococcus lactis comb. nov. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 65, 3771-3776.
Original article in IJSEM Online

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Neomicrococcus lactis Prakash et al. 2015, comb. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) DW152=MCC 2278=DSM 23694.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: FN673681.
Whole-genome sequence accession no. for the type strain: -.
Basonym: ¤ Micrococcus lactis Chittpurna et al. 2011.
Etymology: L. gen. n. lactis, from milk, relating to the isolation of the type strain from dairy waste.
Source: Environmental - marine.
Valid publication: PRAKASH, O., SHARMA, A., NIMONKAR, Y. and SHOUCHE, Y. S. 2015. Proposal for creation of a new genus Neomicrococcus gen. nov. to accommodate Zhihengliuella aestuarii Baik et al. 2011 and Micrococcus lactis Chittpurna et al. 2011 as Neomicrococcus aestuarii comb. nov. and Neomicrococcus lactis comb. nov. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 65, 3771-3776.
Original article in IJSEM Online

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