Genus Thalassococcus
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Number of species, including synonyms, cited in this file: 2
Number of subspecies, including synonyms, cited in this file: 0
Classification (Warning: see also the file "Classification of prokaryotes: Introduction").
Thalassococcus Lee et al. 2007, gen. nov.
Type species: ¤ Thalassococcus halodurans Lee et al. 2007.
Etymology: Gr. n. thalassa, the ocean; N.L. masc. n. coccus from Gr. n. kokkos, berry, coccus; N.L. masc. n. Thalassococcus, coccus from the ocean.
Valid publication: LEE (O.O.), TSOI (M.M.Y.), LI (X.), WONG (P.K.) and QIAN (P.Y.): Thalassococcus halodurans gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel halotolerant member of the Roseobacter clade isolated from the marine sponge Halichondria panicea at Friday Harbor, USA. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2007, 57, 1919-1924.
Original article in IJSEM Online
Note: The noun coccus is a "N.L. n.", not a "L. n." as cited in the paper by Lee et al. 2007.
Thalassococcus halodurans Lee et al. 2007, sp. nov. (Type species of the genus.)
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) UST050418-052 = JCM 13833 = NRRL B-41465.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: DQ397336.
Etymology: Gr. n. hals halos, salt; L. part. pres. durans, withstanding; N.L. part. adj. halodurans, withstanding salt.
Valid publication: LEE (O.O.), TSOI (M.M.Y.), LI (X.), WONG (P.K.) and QIAN (P.Y.): Thalassococcus halodurans gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel halotolerant member of the Roseobacter clade isolated from the marine sponge Halichondria panicea at Friday Harbor, USA. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2007, 57, 1919-1924.
Original article in IJSEM Online
Thalassococcus lentus Park et al. 2013, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) YCS-24=KCTC 32084=CCUG 62791.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: JX090308.
Etymology: -.
Source: Environmental - marine.
Valid publication: Validation List no. 152. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int. J Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 63 (2013), 2365-2367.
Validation List Online
Effective publication: PARK, S., JUNG, Y. T., KIM, S. I. and YOON, J. H. 2013. Thalassococcus lentus sp. nov., an alphaproteobacterium isolated from seawater of a seaweed farm. Antonie van Leeuwenhoek, 103, 465-473.
Effective publication Online