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Genus Simulacricoccus

Warning: In the List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature, an arrow () only indicates the sequence of valid publication of names and does not mean that the last name in the sequence must be used (see: Introduction).

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").


Simulacricoccus Garcia and Müller 2018, gen. nov.
Type species: ¤ Simulacricoccus ruber Garcia and Müller 2018.
Etymology: L. neut. n. simulacrum, image, phantom; N.L. masc. n. coccus, grain, seed; N.L. masc. n. Simulacricoccus, phantom seed, referring to a myxobacterium forming rounded spores in the absence of fruiting body.
Valid publication: GARCIA, R. and MÜLLER, R. 2018. Simulacricoccus ruber gen. nov., sp. nov., a microaerotolerant, non-fruiting, myxospore-forming soil myxobacterium and emended description of the family Myxococcaceae. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 68, 3101-3110.
Original article in IJSEM Online

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Simulacricoccus ruber Garcia and Müller 2018, sp. nov. (Type species of the genus.)
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) MCy10636=DSM 106554=NCCB 100651.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: MH094235.
Etymology: L. masc. adj. ruber, red, referring to red colour of the vegetative cells and myxospores.
Source: Environmental - soil.
Valid publication: GARCIA, R. and MÜLLER, R. 2018. Simulacricoccus ruber gen. nov., sp. nov., a microaerotolerant, non-fruiting, myxospore-forming soil myxobacterium and emended description of the family Myxococcaceae. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 68, 3101-3110.
Original article in IJSEM Online

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