Genus Ornithinicoccus
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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").
For a detailed description of this taxon see Bergey’s Manual of Systematics of Archaea and Bacteria (BMSAB).
Ornithinicoccus Groth et al. 1999, gen. nov.
Type species: ¤ Ornithinicoccus hortensis Groth et al. 1999.
Etymology: N.L. n. ornithinum, ornithine (an amino acid named after the Gr. n. ornithos, bird); N.L. masc. n. coccus (from Gr. masc. n. kokkos, grain, seed), coccus; N.L. masc. n. Ornithinicoccus, a coccus with ornithine.
Valid publication: GROTH (I.), SCHUMANN (P.), MARTIN (K.), SCHUETZE (B.), AUGSTEN (K.), KRAMER (I.) and STACKEBRANDT (E.): Ornithinicoccus hortensis gen. nov., sp. nov., a soil actinomycete which contains L-ornithine. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1999, 49, 1717-1724.
Original article in IJSEM Online
→ Ornithinicoccus Groth et al. 1999 emend. Zhang et al. 2016.
Reference: ZHANG, Y. G., WANG, H. F., YANG, L. L., GUO, J. W., XIAO, M., HUANG, M. J., NABIL HOZZEIN, W. and LI, W. J. 2016. Ornithinicoccus halotolerans sp. nov., and emended description of the genus Ornithinicoccus. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 66, 1894-1899.
Original article.
Ornithinicoccus halotolerans Zhang et al. 2016, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) EGI 80423=CGMCC 1.14989=KCTC 39700.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: KT734857.
Whole-genome sequence accession no. for the type strain: .
Etymology: Gr. n. hals, salt; L. part. tolerans, tolerating; N.L. pres. part. halotolerans, referring to the ability to tolerate high salt concentrations.
Source: Environmental - soil.
Valid publication: ZHANG, Y. G., WANG, H. F., YANG, L. L., GUO, J. W., XIAO, M., HUANG, M. J., NABIL HOZZEIN, W. and LI, W. J. 2016. Ornithinicoccus halotolerans sp. nov., and emended description of the genus Ornithinicoccus. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 66, 1894-1899.
Original article in IJSEM Online
Ornithinicoccus hortensis Groth et al. 1999, sp. nov. (Type species of the genus.)
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) HKI 0125 = ATCC BAA-9 = CCUG 43142 = CIP 106364 = DSM 12335 = IFO (now NBRC) 16434 = JCM 11538.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: Y17869.
Etymology: L. masc. adj. hortensis, of or belonging to a garden, the place where the organism was isolated.
Valid publication: GROTH (I.), SCHUMANN (P.), MARTIN (K.), SCHUETZE (B.), AUGSTEN (K.), KRAMER (I.) and STACKEBRANDT (E.): Ornithinicoccus hortensis gen. nov., sp. nov., a soil actinomycete which contains L-ornithine. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1999, 49, 1717-1724.
Original article in IJSEM Online