Genus Oenococcus
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Number of species, including synonyms, cited in this file: 3
Number of subspecies, including synonyms, cited in this file: 0
Classification (Warning: see also the file "Classification of prokaryotes: Introduction").
For a detailed description of this taxon see Bergey’s Manual of Systematics of Archaea and Bacteria (BMSAB).
Oenococcus Dicks et al. 1995, gen. nov.
Type species: ¤ Oenococcus oeni (Garvie 1967) Dicks et al. 1995.
Etymology: Gr. n. oinos, wine; N.L. masc. n. coccus (from Gr. masc. n. kokkos), berry; N.L. masc. n. Oenococcus, coccus from wine.
Valid publication: DICKS (L.M.T.), DELLAGLIO (F.) and COLLINS (M.D.): Proposal to reclassify Leuconostoc oenos as Oenococcus oeni [corrig.] gen. nov., comb. nov. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1995, 45, 395-397.
Original article in IJSEM Online
→ Oenococcus Dicks et al. 1995 emend. Endo and Okada 2006.
Type species: ¤ Oenococcus oeni (Garvie 1967) Dicks et al. 1995.
Etymology: Gr. n. oinos, wine; N.L. masc. n. coccus (from Gr. masc. n. kokkos), berry; N.L. masc. n. Oenococcus, coccus from wine.
Reference: ENDO (A.) and OKADA (S.): Oenococcus kitaharae sp. nov., a non-acidophilic and non-malolactic-fermenting oenococcus isolated from a composting distilled shochu residue. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2006, 56, 2345-2348.
Original article in IJSEM Online
Oenococcus alcoholitolerans Badotti et al. 2015, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) UFRJ-M7.2.18=CBAS 474=LMG 27599.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: HQ009794.
Whole-genome sequence accession no. for the type strain: AXCV00000000.1.
Etymology: -.
Source: Industrial.
Valid publication: Validation List no. 163. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 65 (2015), 1105-1111.
Validation List Online
Effective publication: BADOTTI, F., MOREIRA, A. P. B., TONON, L. A., DE LUCENA, B. T., GOMES, F. C., KRUGER, R., THOMPSON, C. C., DE MORAIS, M. A. Jr, ROSA, C. A. and THOMPSON, F. L. 2014. Oenococcus alcoholitolerans sp. nov., a lactic acid bacteria isolated from cachaça and ethanol fermentation processes. Antonie van Leeuwenhoek, 106, 1259-1267.
Effective publication Online
Oenococcus kitaharae Endo and Okada 2006, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) DSM 17330 = JCM 13282 = NRIC 0645.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: AB221475.
Etymology: N.L. gen. n. kitaharae, of Kitahara, to honour the Japanese microbiologist Kakuo Kitahara, for his contribution to the systematics and classification of lactic acid bacteria and in the development of the study of lactic acid bacteria.
Valid publication: ENDO (A.) and OKADA (S.): Oenococcus kitaharae sp. nov., a non-acidophilic and non-malolactic-fermenting oenococcus isolated from a composting distilled shochu residue. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2006, 56, 2345-2348.
Original article in IJSEM Online
Oenococcus oeni (Garvie 1967) Dicks et al. 1995, comb. nov. (Type species of the genus.)
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) ATCC 23279= CCUG 30199 = CCUG 32250 = CIP 106144 = DSM 20252 = JCM 6125 = LMG 9851 = NBRC 100497 = NCIMB 11648 (formerly NCDO 1674) = NRRL B-3472.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: AB022924.
Basonym: ¤ Leuconostoc oeni corrig. Garvie 1967 (Approved Lists 1980).
Etymology: Gr. n. oinos, wine; N.L. gen. n. oeni, of wine.
Valid publication: DICKS (L.M.T.), DELLAGLIO (F.) and COLLINS (M.D.): Proposal to reclassify Leuconostoc oenos as Oenococcus oeni [corrig.] gen. nov., comb. nov. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1995, 45, 395-397.
Original article in IJSEM Online