Genus Neptunicoccus
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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").
Neptunicoccus Zhang et al. 2018, gen. nov.
Type species: ¤ Neptunicoccus sediminis Zhang et al. 2018.
Etymology: L. masc. n. Neptunus, god of the sea; N.L. masc. n. coccus (from Gr. masc. n. kokkos, grain, seed), coccus; N.L. masc. n. Neptunicoccus, a coccus from the sea.
Valid publication: ZHANG, Y. J., LIU, X. F., KUANG, B. Z., ZHANG, X. Y., ZHOU, M. Y. and CHEN, S. 2018. Neptunicoccus sediminis gen. nov., sp. nov., a member of the family Rhodobacteraceae isolated from the Yellow Sea. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 68, 1702-1706.
Original article in IJSEM Online
Neptunicoccus sediminis Zhang et al. 2018, sp. nov. (Type species of the genus.)
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) CY02=CCTCC AB 2015430=KCTC 42985=NBRC 111872=MCCC 1K03518.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: KY777997.
Whole-genome sequence accession no.: NZ_MDVX00000000.
Etymology: L. gen. n. sediminis, of sediment.
Source: Environmental - marine.
Valid publication: ZHANG, Y. J., LIU, X. F., KUANG, B. Z., ZHANG, X. Y., ZHOU, M. Y. and CHEN, S. 2018. Neptunicoccus sediminis gen. nov., sp. nov., a member of the family Rhodobacteraceae isolated from the Yellow Sea. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 68, 1702-1706.
Original article in IJSEM Online