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Genus Smaragdicoccus

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").


For a detailed description of this taxon see Bergey’s Manual of Systematics of Archaea and Bacteria (BMSAB).


 

Smaragdicoccus Adachi et al. 2007, gen. nov.
Type species: ¤ Smaragdicoccus niigatensis Adachi et al. 2007.
Etymology: L. n. smaragdus, malachite; N.L. masc. n. coccus (from Gr. masc. n. kokkos), grain; N.L. masc. n. Smaragdicoccus, malachite(-coloured) coccus.
Valid publication: ADACHI (K.), KATSUTA (A.), MATSUDA (S.), PENG (X.), MISAWA (N.), SHIZURI (Y.), KROPPENSTEDT (R.M.), YOKOTA (A.) and KASAI (H.): Smaragdicoccus niigatensis gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel member of the suborder Corynebacterineae. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2007, 57, 297-301.
Original article in IJSEM Online

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Smaragdicoccus niigatensis Adachi et al. 2007, sp. nov. (Type species of the genus.)
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) Hou_blue = DSM 44881 = JCM 14666 = MBIC 06267 = NBRC 103563.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: AB243007.
Etymology: N.L. masc. adj. niigatensis, of or pertaining to the Niigata Prefecture of Japan, the source of the soil from which the organism was isolated.
Valid publication: ADACHI (K.), KATSUTA (A.), MATSUDA (S.), PENG (X.), MISAWA (N.), SHIZURI (Y.), KROPPENSTEDT (R.M.), YOKOTA (A.) and KASAI (H.): Smaragdicoccus niigatensis gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel member of the suborder Corynebacterineae. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2007, 57, 297-301.
Original article in IJSEM Online

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