Genus Oceanococcus
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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").
Oceanococcus corrig. Li et al. 2014, gen. nov.
Type species: ¤ Oceanococcus atlanticus Li et al. 2014.(Type species of the genus.)
Etymology: Gr. n. okeanos, ocean; N.L. masc. n. coccus (from Gr. masc. n. kokkos), a grain or berry; N.L. masc. n. Oceanococcus, a coccus from the ocean.
Valid publication: Validation List no. 157. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int. J Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 64 (2014), 1455-1458..
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Effective publication: Li, G., Lai, Q., Liu, X., Sun, F., Du, Y., Li, G. and Shao, Z. 2014. Maricoccus atlantica gen. nov. sp. nov., isolated from deep sea sediment of the Atlantic Ocean. Antonie van Leeuwenhoek, 104, 1073–1081; erratum 105, 439.
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Note: The name proposed in the paper could not be validated as it is a later homonym of the isopod genus name Maricoccus Poore, 1994. It was subsequently changed to Oceanococcus atlanticus in an erratum.
Article in IJSEM Online
Oceanococcus atlanticus Li et al. 2014, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) 22II-S10r2=CGMCC 1.12317=LMG 27155.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: KC997601.
Whole-genome sequence accession no. for the type strain: N/A.
Etymology: L. masc. adj. atlanticus, Atlantic, from the Atlantic Ocean.
Source: Environmental - marine.
Valid publication: Validation List no. 157. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int. J Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 64 (2014), 1455-1458.
Validation List Online
Effective publication: Li, G., Lai, Q., Liu, X., Sun, F., Du, Y., Li, G. and Shao, Z. 2014. Maricoccus atlantica gen. nov. sp. nov., isolated from deep sea sediment of the Atlantic Ocean. Antonie van Leeuwenhoek, 104, 1073–1081; erratum 105, 439.
Effective publication Online