Genus Amaricoccus

Name: Amaricoccus Maszenan et al. 1997

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: A.ma.ri.coc’cus. Gr. fem. n. amara, trench, conduit, channel, here, a sewage duct; N.L. masc. n. coccus, coccus; from Gr. masc. n. kokkos, grain, seed; N.L. masc. n. Amaricoccus, spherical cells from sewage ducts

Gender, pronunciation (Latin): masculine (stem: Amaricocc-), a-ma-ri-KOK-kus

Type species: Amaricoccus kaplicensis Maszenan et al. 1997

Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Maszenan AM, Seviour RJ, Patel BK, Rees GN, McDougall BM. Amaricoccus gen. nov., a gram-negative coccus occurring in regular packages or tetrads, isolated from activated sludge biomass, and descriptions of Amaricoccus veronensis sp. nov., Amaricoccus tamworthensis sp. nov., Amaricoccus macauensis sp. nov., and Amaricoccus kaplicensis sp. nov. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1997; 47:727-734. 🇦🇺

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 47, part 3 of the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1997; 47:1275-1276.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Notes:
- 🧕 Brenner et al. (2005) assigned this genus to the family Rhodobacteraceae Garrity et al. 2006. Publication: Garrity GM, Bell JA, Lilburn T. Family I. Rhodobacteraceae fam. nov. In: Brenner DJ, Krieg NR, Staley JT, Garrity GM (eds), Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, 2nd edn, vol. 2 (The Proteobacteria), part C (The Alpha-, Beta-, Delta-, and Epsilonproteobacteria), Springer, New York, 2005, p. 161. 🇺🇸
- 🧕 Li et al. (2026) assigned this genus to the order Rhodobacterales Garrity et al. 2006. Publication: Li M, Wang C, Huang J, Wang G. Vitamin B(12) sharing Jujubicoccus corallicola gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from coral Porites sp. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2026; 76:7244. 🇨🇳
- 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Amamcoccus"; "Amancoccus"; "Arnaricoccus".
- 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: CIP: 1; JCM: 1; CGMCC: 1; DSM: 1.

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
Amaricoccus kaplicensis Maszenan et al. 1997	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
Amaricoccus macauensis Maszenan et al. 1997	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
Amaricoccus solimangrovi Mo et al. 2020	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
Amaricoccus tamworthensis Maszenan et al. 1997	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
Amaricoccus veronensis Maszenan et al. 1997	validly published under the ICNP	correct name

Parent taxon: Paracoccaceae Liang et al. 2022

Assigned by: Goker M. Filling the gaps: missing taxon names at the ranks of class, order and family. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2022; 72:5638. 🇩🇪

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