Genus Agrococcus

Name: Agrococcus Groth et al. 1996

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

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

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

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

Notes:
- This taxon name is occasionally misprinted in some sources as: "Acrococcus"; "Agococcus"; "Agrococus"; "Agrocuccus"; "Anrococcus".
- The e-mail address of the corresponding author given in the effective publication is not functional any more.
- Taxonomists who have recently focused on this group are the corresponding authors of Dhanjal et al. (2011), Zlamala et al. (2002). Editors in search of reviewers are advised to consider additional criteria such as whether a taxon is covered by one of the ICSP subcommittees.
- The phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is 0.05300 (N = 7).
- The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: DSM: 9; JCM: 7; NBRC: 5; ATCC: 2; LMG: 2; CIP: 2; CGMCC: 1; KCTC: 1; CCM: 1; CCUG: 1.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 10
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 10
Total number of child taxa: 12

Child taxa:

Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
Agrococcus baldri Zlamala et al. 2002	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 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
"Candidatus Agrococcus pullicola" Gilroy et al. 2021	not validly published
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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