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Genus Ammonicoccus
Name: Ammonicoccus Yu et al. 2025
Etymology: Am.mo.ni.coc’cus. N.L. fem. n. ammonia, ammonia; N.L. masc. n. coccus, a coccus; from Gr. masc. n. kokkos, a grain or berry; N.L. masc. n. Ammonicoccus, an ammonia-tolerant coccus
Gender, pronunciation (Latin): masculine (stem: Ammonicocc-), am-mo-ni-KOK-kus
Type species: Ammonicoccus fulvus Yu et al. 2025
Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS
Valid publication:
Yu Z, Wei C, Yang W, An M, Gong T. Ammonicoccus fulvus gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel member of the family Propionibacteriaceae, isolated from pig manure. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2025; 75:6756. 
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IJSEM list:
Oren A, Göker M. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 75, part 4 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2025; 75:6792.
Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP
Taxonomic status: correct name
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
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Child taxa:
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Name Nomenclatural status Taxonomic status Ammonicoccus fulvus Yu et al. 2025 validly published under the ICNP correct name
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Parent taxon: Propionibacteriaceae Delwiche 1957 (Approved Lists 1980)
Assigned by:
Yu Z, Wei C, Yang W, An M, Gong T. Ammonicoccus fulvus gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel member of the family Propionibacteriaceae, isolated from pig manure. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2025; 75:6756. 🇨🇳
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Record number: 64985
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