Genus Piscicoccus
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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").
Piscicoccus Hamada et al. 2011, gen. nov.
Type species: ¤ Piscicoccus intestinalis Hamada et al. 2011.
Etymology: L. n. piscis, a fish; N.L. masc. n. coccus (from Gr. masc. n. kokkos, grain, seed), coccus; N.L. masc. n. Piscicoccus, a coccus from a fish.
Valid publication: Validation List no. 139. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2011, 61, 1011-1013.
Effective publication: HAMADA (M.), IINO (T.), IWAMI (T.), HARAYAMA (S.), TAMURA (T.) and SUZUKI (K.): Mobilicoccus pelagius gen. nov., sp. nov. and Piscicoccus intestinalis gen. nov., sp. nov., two new members of the family Dermatophilaceae, and reclassification of Dermatophilus chelonae (Masters et al. 1995) as Austwickia chelonae gen. nov., comb. nov. J. Gen. Appl. Microbiol., 2010, 56, 427-436.
Validation List no. 139 in IJSEM Online - Effective publication Online
Piscicoccus intestinalis Hamada et al. 2011, sp. nov. (Type species of the genus.)
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) Ngc37-23 = DSM 22761 = NBRC 104926.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: AB550799.
Etymology: L. n. intestinum, gut, intestines; L. masc. suff. -alis, suffix denoting pertaining to; N.L. masc. adj. intestinalis, pertaining to the intestines.
Valid publication: Validation List no. 139. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2011, 61, 1011-1013.
Effective publication: HAMADA (M.), IINO (T.), IWAMI (T.), HARAYAMA (S.), TAMURA (T.) and SUZUKI (K.): Mobilicoccus pelagius gen. nov., sp. nov. and Piscicoccus intestinalis gen. nov., sp. nov., two new members of the family Dermatophilaceae, and reclassification of Dermatophilus chelonae (Masters et al. 1995) as Austwickia chelonae gen. nov., comb. nov. J. Gen. Appl. Microbiol., 2010, 56, 427-436.
Validation List no. 139 in IJSEM Online - Effective publication Online