Name: Aliicoccus Amoozegar et al. 2014

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: A.li.i.coc’cus. L. masc. pron. alius, other, another; N.L. masc. n. coccus, a coccus; from Gr. masc. n. kokkos, a grain, berry; N.L. masc. n. Aliicoccus, the other coccus

Gender, pronunciation: masculine (stem: Aliicocc-), a-li-i-KOK-kus

Type species: Aliicoccus persicus Amoozegar et al. 2014

Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Amoozegar MA, Bagheri M, Makhdoumi-Kakhki A, Didari M, Schumann P, Nikou MM, Sanchez-Porro C, Ventosa A. Aliicoccus persicus gen. nov., sp. nov., a halophilic member of the Firmicutes isolated from a hypersaline lake. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2014; 64:1964-1969. 🇮🇷

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 64, part 6 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2014; 64:2930-2931.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Notes:
  • 🧕 Bello et al. (2023) assigned this genus to the family Salinicoccaceae Chuvochina et al. 2024. Publication: Bello S, Mudassir SH, Rudra B, Gupta RS. Phylogenomic and molecular markers based studies on Staphylococcaceae and Gemella species. Proposals for an emended family Staphylococcaceae and three new families (Abyssicoccaceae fam. nov., Salinicoccaceae fam. nov. and Gemellaceae fam. nov.) harboring four new genera, Lacicoccus gen. nov., Macrococcoides gen. nov., Gemelliphila gen. nov., and Phocicoccus gen. nov. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek 2023; 116:937-973. 🇨🇦
  • 🧕 Chuvochina et al. (2023) assigned this genus to the family Salinicoccaceae Chuvochina et al. 2024. Publication: Chuvochina M, Mussig AJ, Chaumeil PA, Skarshewski A, Rinke C, Parks DH, Hugenholtz P. Proposal of names for 329 higher rank taxa defined in the Genome Taxonomy Database under two prokaryotic codes. FEMS Microbiol Lett 2023; 0:0. 🇦🇺
  • 🧕 Li et al. (2024) assigned this genus to the family Salinicoccaceae Chuvochina et al. 2024. Publication: Li Y, Zhang D, Bo D, Peng D, Sun M, Zheng J. A taxonomic note on the order Caryophanales: description of 12 novel families and emended description of 21 families. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2024; 74:6539. 🇨🇳
  • 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: CECT: 1; DSM: 1; IBRC: 1.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 1
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 1
Total number of child taxa: 1

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Aliicoccus persicus Amoozegar et al. 2014	validly published under the ICNP	correct name

Parent taxon: Staphylococcaceae Schleifer and Bell 2010

Assigned by: Amoozegar MA, Bagheri M, Makhdoumi-Kakhki A, Didari M, Schumann P, Nikou MM, Sanchez-Porro C, Ventosa A. Aliicoccus persicus gen. nov., sp. nov., a halophilic member of the Firmicutes isolated from a hypersaline lake. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2014; 64:1964-1969. 🇮🇷

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