Genus Tessaracoccus
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Number of species, including synonyms, cited in this file: 11
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).
Tessaracoccus Maszenan et al. 1999, gen. nov.
Type species: ¤ Tessaracoccus bendigoensis Maszenan et al. 1999.
Etymology: Gr. adj. num. tessares, four; N.L. masc. n. coccus (from Gr. masc. n. kokkos, grain, seed), coccus; N.L. masc. n. Tessaracoccus, four round cells.
Valid publication: MASZENAN (A.M.), SEVIOUR (R.J.), PATEL (B.K.C.), SCHUMANN (P.) and REES (G.N.): Tessaracoccus bendigoensis gen. nov., sp. nov., a Gram-positive coccus occurring in regular packages or tetrads, isolated from activated sludge biomass. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1999, 49, 459-468.
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Tessaracoccus aquimaris Tak et al. 2018, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) NSG39=KACC 17540=JCM 19289.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: KC884005.
Whole-genome sequence accession no.: CP019606.
Etymology: L. n. aqua, water; L. n. mare, maris, sea; N.L. fem. gen. n. aquimaris, of seawater.
Source: Environmental - marine.
Valid publication: TAK, E. J., KIM, H. S., LEE, J. Y., KANG, W., HYUN, D. W., KIM, P. S., SHIN, N. R. and BAE, J. W. 2018. Tessaracoccus aquimaris sp. nov., isolated from the intestine of a Korean rockfish, Sebastes schlegelii, from a marine aquaculture pond. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 68, 1065-1072.
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Tessaracoccus arenae Thongphrom et al. 2017, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) CAU 1319=KCTC 39760=NBRC 111973.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: KU671050.
Etymology: L. gen. fem. n. arenae, of sand.
Source: Environmental - marine.
Valid publication: THONGPHROM, C., KIM, J. H., BORA, N. and KIM, W. 2017. Tessaracoccus arenae sp. nov., isolated from sea sand. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 67, 2008-2013.
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Tessaracoccus bendigoensis Maszenan et al. 1999, sp. nov. (Type species of the genus.)
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) Ben 106 = ACM 5119 = DSM 12906 = JCM 13525.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: AF038504.
Etymology: N.L. masc. adj. bendigoensis, of or belonging to Bendigo, Australia, the place of origin of the isolate.
Valid publication: MASZENAN (A.M.), SEVIOUR (R.J.), PATEL (B.K.C.), SCHUMANN (P.) and REES (G.N.): Tessaracoccus bendigoensis gen. nov., sp. nov., a Gram-positive coccus occurring in regular packages or tetrads, isolated from activated sludge biomass. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1999, 49, 459-468.
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Tessaracoccus defluvii Srinivasan et al. 2017, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) LNB-140=JCM 17540=KEMB 5401-076.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: KC295452.
Etymology: N/A.
Source: Industrial/agricultural.
Valid publication: VALIDATION LIST no. 174. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 67 (2017), 529-531.
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Effective publication: SRINIVASAN, S., SUNDARARAMAN, A. and LEE, S. S. 2017. Tessaracoccus defluvii sp. nov., isolated from an aeration tank of a sewage treatment plant. Antonie van Leeuwenhoek, 110, 1-9.
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Tessaracoccus flavescens Lee and Lee 2008, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) SST-39 = DSM 18582 = JCM 16025 = KCTC 19196.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: AM393882.
Etymology: L. v. flavesco, to become yellow; L. part. adj. flavescens, becoming yellow.
Valid publication: LEE (D.W.) and LEE (S.D.): Tessaracoccus flavescens sp. nov., isolated from marine sediment. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2008, 58, 785-789.
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Tessaracoccus flavus Kumari et al. 2016, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) RP1=DSM 100159=MCC 2769=KCTC 39686.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: KP265298.
Whole-genome sequence accession no. for the type strain: .
Etymology: L. masc. adj. flavus, yellow.
Source: Industrial.
Valid publication: KUMARI, R., SINGH, P., SCHUMANN, P. and LAL, R. 2016. Tessaracoccus flavus sp. nov., isolated from the drainage system of a lindane-producing factory. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 66, 1862-1868.
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Tessaracoccus lapidicaptus Puente-sã¡nchez et al. 2014, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) IPBSL-7=CECT 8385=DSM 27266.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: KF668596.
Etymology: L. n. lapis lapidis, stone; L. adj. captus, captive; N.L. masc. adj. lapidicaptus, stone-captive.
Source: Environmental.
Valid publication: PUENTE-SÁNCHEZ, F., SÁNCHEZ-ROMÁN, M. N., AMILS, R. and PARRO, V. C. 2014. Tessaracoccus lapidicaptus sp. nov., an actinobacterium isolated from the deep subsurface of the Iberian pyrite belt. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 64, 3546-3552.
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Tessaracoccus lubricantis Kämpfer et al. 2009, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) KSS-17Se = CCUG 55516 = DSM 19926.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: FM178840.
Etymology: L. v. lubricare, to lubricate; N.L. n lubricans -antis (from L. part. adj. lubricans) a lubricant; N.L. gen. n. lubricantis, of/from a (coolant) lubricant.
Valid publication: KÄMPFER (P.), LODDERS (N.), WARFOLOMEOW (I.) and BUSSE (H.J.): Tessaracoccus lubricantis sp. nov., isolated from a metalworking fluid. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2009, 59, 1545-1549.
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Tessaracoccus oleiagri Cai et al. 2011, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) SL014B-20A1 = CGMCC 1.9159 = DSM 22955.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: GU111566.
Etymology: L. n. oleum -i, oil; L. n. ager -gri, productive land, a field; N.L. gen. n. oleiagri, of an oilfield, the place where the type strain was isolated.
Valid publication: CAI (M.), WANG (L.), CAI (H.), LI (Y.), WANG (Y.N.), TANG (Y.Q.) and WU (X.L.): Salinarimonas ramus sp. nov. and Tessaracoccus oleiagri sp. nov., isolated from a crude oil-contaminated saline soil. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2011, 61, 1767-1775.
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Tessaracoccus rhinocerotis Li et al. 2016, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) YIM 101269=DSM 27579=CCTCC AB 2013217.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: KT215777.
Whole-genome sequence accession no. for the type strain: -.
Etymology: L. gen. n. rhinocerotis, of a rhinoceros.
Source: Animal.
Valid publication: LI, G. D., CHEN, X., LI, Q. Y., XU, F. J., QIU, S. M., JIANG, Y. and JIANG, C. L. 2016. Tessaracoccus rhinocerotis sp. nov., isolated from the faeces of Rhinoceros unicornis.. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 66, 922-927.
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Tessaracoccus terricola Chaudhary and Kim 2018, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) Brt-A=KEMB 9005-690=KACC 19391=JCM 32157.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: MF405099.
Etymology: L. n. terra, earth, soil; L. suff. -cola, inhabitant, dweller; N.L. n. terricola, a dweller upon earth, soil-dweller, referring to the isolation of the type strain from soil.
Source: Environmental - soil.
Valid publication: CHAUDHARY, D. K. and KIM, J. 2018. Tessaracoccus terricola sp. nov., isolated from oil-contaminated soil. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 68, 529-535.
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