Genus Alloiococcus

Name: Alloiococcus Aguirre and Collins 1992

Category, proposed as: genus, gen. nov.

Etymology: Al.lo.io.coc’cus. Gr. masc. adj. alloîos, different; N.L. masc. n. coccus, coccus; from Gr. masc. n. kokkos, grain, seed; N.L. masc. n. Alloiococcus, different coccus, referring to the phylogenetic distinctiveness of the organism

Gender, pronunciation (Latin): masculine (stem: Alloiococc-), al-lo-io-KOK-kus

Type species: Alloiococcus otitis Aguirre and Collins 1992

Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Aguirre M, Collins MD. Phylogenetic analysis of Alloiococcus otitis gen. nov., sp. nov., an organism from human middle ear fluid. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1992; 42:79-83. 🇬🇧

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 42, part 1 of the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1992; 42:328-329.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 2

• Notes:
  • 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Alloicoccus"; "Alloioccoccus"; "Alloiococus".
  • 🧬 The phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is 0.01719 (N = 2).
  • 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: DSM: 1; NCIMB: 1; ATCC: 1; IFO: 1; NCTC: 1; NBRC: 1; CCUG: 1; CIP: 1.
  • 😷 The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 2, note = "Animal classification RG: 1 - Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No - Containment level: Containment Level 2". — If in doubt, use the risk group given in the regulations for your country and, if these are not available, use the risk group given in the catalogue of the culture collection from which you have obtained or intend to obtain the strain.

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: 2

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    "Alloiococcus otitidis" Bosley et al. 1995	not validly published	preferred name
    Alloiococcus otitis Aguirre and Collins 1992	validly published under the ICNP	correct name

Parent taxon: Carnobacteriaceae Ludwig et al. 2010

Assigned by: Ludwig W, Schleifer K-H, Whitman WB. Family III. Carnobacteriaceae fam. nov. In: De Vos P, Garrity GM, Jones D, Krieg NR, Ludwig W, Rainey FA, K.-H. S, Whitman WB (eds), Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, 2nd edn, vol. 3 (The Firmicutes), Springer, New York, 2009, p. 549. 🇧🇪

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Record number: 515092