Genus Ponticoccus
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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").
Ponticoccus Hwang and Cho 2008, gen. nov.
Type species: ¤ Ponticoccus litoralis Hwang and Cho 2008.
Etymology: L. n. pontus, the sea; N.L. masc. n. coccus (from Gr. masc. n. kokkos, grain, seed), coccus; N.L. masc. n. Ponticoccus, coccus from the sea.
Valid publication: HWANG (C.Y.) and CHO (B.C.): Ponticoccus litoralis gen. nov., sp. nov., a marine bacterium in the family Rhodobacteraceae. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2008, 58, 1332-1338.
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Ponticoccus lacteus Yang et al. 2015, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) JL351=CGMCC 1.12986=JCM 30379.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: DQ104407.
Whole-genome sequence accession no. for the type strain: -.
Etymology: L. masc. adj. lacteus, milky.
Source: Environmental - marine.
Valid publication: YANG, Y., SUN, J., TANG, K., LIN, D., LI, C. and LIN, Y. 2015. Ponticoccus lacteus sp. nov. of the family Rhodobacteraceae, isolated from surface seawater. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 65, 1247-1250.
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Note: According to Liu et al. (2018), Mameliella phaeodactyli, Mameliella atlantica, Ponticoccus lacteus and Alkalimicrobium pacificum are later heterotypic synonyms of Mameliella alba.
Reference: LIU, Y., ZHANG, X., LAI, Q. and SHAO, Z. 2018. Reclassification of Mameliella phaeodactyli, Mameliella atlantica, Ponticoccus lacteus and Alkalimicrobium pacificum as later heterotypic synonyms of Mameliella alba and an emended description of Mameliella alba. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 68, 1047-1051.
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Ponticoccus litoralis Hwang and Cho 2008, sp. nov. (Type species of the genus.)
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) CL-GR66 = DSM 18986 = KCCM 90028.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: EF211829.
Etymology: L. masc. adj. litoralis, of the shore.
Valid publication: HWANG (C.Y.) and CHO (B.C.): Ponticoccus litoralis gen. nov., sp. nov., a marine bacterium in the family Rhodobacteraceae. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2008, 58, 1332-1338.
Original article in IJSEM Online
Ponticoccus marisrubri Zhang et al. 2017, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) SJ5A-1=JCM 19520=ACCC19863.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: KP726358.
Whole-genome sequence accession no.: LPXO00000000.
Etymology: L. n. mare, maris, sea; L. adj. ruber, red; N.L. gen. n. marisrubri, from the Red Sea.
Source: Environmental - marine.
Valid publication: ZHANG, G., HAROON, M. F., ZHANG, R., DONG, X., LIU, D., XIONG, Q., XUN, W., DONG, X. and STINGL, U. 2017. Ponticoccus marisrubri sp. nov., a moderately halophilic marine bacterium of the family Rhodobacteraceae. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 67, 4358-4364.
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