Name: Acuticoccus Hou et al. 2017

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: A.cu.ti.cocc’us. L. masc. perf. part. acutus, pointed; N.L. masc. n. coccus, a berry; from Gr. masc. n. kokkos, grain; N.L. masc. n. Acuticoccus, pointed coccus

Gender: masculine (stem: Acuticocc-)

Type species: Acuticoccus yangtzensis Hou et al. 2017

Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Hou L, Zhang Y, Sun J, Xie X. Acuticoccus yangtzensis gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel member in the family Rhodobacteraceae, isolated from the surface water of the Yangtze Estuary. Curr Microbiol 2015; 70:176-182.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Validation list no. 175. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:1095-1098.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the family Acuticoccaceae Lai et al. 2019. Publication: Lai Q, Liu X, Sun F, Shao Z. Acuticoccus sediminis sp. nov., isolated from deep-sea sediment of the Indian Ocean and proposal of Acuticoccaceae fam. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2019; 69:1173-1178.
  • 🧕 Hördt et al. (2020) assigned this genus to the family Amorphaceae Hördt et al. 2020. Publication: Hordt A, Lopez MG, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Schleuning M, Weinhold LM, Tindall BJ, Gronow S, Kyrpides NC, Woyke T, Goker M. Analysis of 1,000+ Type-Strain Genomes Substantially Improves Taxonomic Classification of Alphaproteobacteria. Front Microbiol 2020; 11:468.
  • 🧕 Hou et al. (2015) assigned this genus to the family Rhodobacteraceae Garrity et al. 2006. Publication: Hou L, Zhang Y, Sun J, Xie X. Acuticoccus yangtzensis gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel member in the family Rhodobacteraceae, isolated from the surface water of the Yangtze Estuary. Curr Microbiol 2015; 70:176-182.
  • 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: KCTC: 3; MCCC: 3; CGMCC: 2; DSM: 2.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 5
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 5
Total number of child taxa: 5

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Acuticoccus kalidii Tian et al. 2022	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Acuticoccus kandeliae Yin et al. 2018	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Acuticoccus mangrovi Li et al. 2021	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Acuticoccus sediminis Lai et al. 2019	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Acuticoccus yangtzensis Hou et al. 2017	validly published under the ICNP	correct name

Parent taxon: Acuticoccaceae Lai et al. 2019

Assigned by: Lai Q, Liu X, Sun F, Shao Z. Acuticoccus sediminis sp. nov., isolated from deep-sea sediment of the Indian Ocean and proposal of Acuticoccaceae fam. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2019; 69:1173-1178.

Linking: To permanently link to this page, use https://lpsn.dsmz.de/genus/acuticoccusCopy to clipboardLink copied to clipboard

Record number: 519186