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Name: Agrococcus Groth et al. 1996
Etymology: A.gro.coc’cus. Gr. masc. n. agros, field or soil; N.L. masc. n. coccus, coccus; from Gr. masc. n. kokkos, grain, seed; N.L. masc. n. Agrococcus, a coccus from soil
Gender: masculine (stem: Agrococc-)
Type species: Agrococcus jenensis Groth et al. 1996
Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS
Valid publication:
Groth I, Schumann P, Weiss N, Martin K, Rainey FA. Agrococcus jenensis gen. nov., sp. nov., a new genus of actinomycetes with diaminobutyric acid in the cell wall. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1996; 46:234-239.
IJSEM list:
Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 46, part 1 of the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1996; 46:627.
Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP
Taxonomic status: correct name
Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 11
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 11
Total number of child taxa: 15
Name | Nomenclatural status | Taxonomic status |
---|---|---|
Agrococcus baldri Zlamala et al. 2002 | validly published under the ICNP | correct name |
Agrococcus beijingensis Gu et al. 2024 | validly published under the ICNP | correct name |
Agrococcus carbonis Dhanjal et al. 2011 | validly published under the ICNP | correct name |
Agrococcus casei Bora et al. 2007 | validly published under the ICNP | correct name |
"Agrococcus chionoecetis" Chaudhary et al. 2025 | not validly published | preferred name |
Agrococcus citreus Wieser et al. 1999 | validly published under the ICNP | correct name |
Agrococcus jejuensis Lee 2008 | validly published under the ICNP | correct name |
Agrococcus jenensis Groth et al. 1996 | validly published under the ICNP | correct name |
Agrococcus lahaulensis Mayilraj et al. 2006 | validly published under the ICNP | correct name |
"Agrococcus pavilionensis" White et al. 2018 | not validly published | preferred name |
"Agrococcus phoenicis" Schultz et al. 2025 | not validly published | preferred name |
"Candidatus Agrococcus pullicola" Gilroy et al. 2021 | not validly published | pro-correct name |
Agrococcus sediminis Qu et al. 2020 | validly published under the ICNP | correct name |
Agrococcus terreus Zhang et al. 2010 | validly published under the ICNP | correct name |
Agrococcus versicolor Behrendt et al. 2008 | validly published under the ICNP | correct name |
Parent taxon: Microbacteriaceae Park et al. 1995
Assigned by:
Stackebrandt E, Rainey FA, Ward-Rainey NL. Proposal for a new hierarchic classification system, Actinobacteria classis nov. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1997; 47:479-491.
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Record number: 515060