Order Puniceicoccales
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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).
Puniceicoccales Choo et al. 2007, ord. nov.
Type genus: ¤ Puniceicoccus Choo et al. 2007.
Etymology: N.L. masc. n. Puniceicoccus, type genus of the order; -ales, ending to denote an order; N.L. fem. pl. n. Puniceicoccales, the order of the genus Puniceicoccus.
Valid publication: CHOO (Y.J.), LEE (K.), SONG (J.) and CHO (J.C.): Puniceicoccus vermicola gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel marine bacterium, and description of Puniceicoccaceae fam. nov., Puniceicoccales ord. nov., Opitutaceae fam. nov., Opitutales ord. nov. and Opitutae classis nov. in the phylum 'Verrucomicrobia'. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2007, 57, 532-537.
Original article in IJSEM Online
