Name: Anaerococcus Ezaki et al. 2001
Etymology: An.ae.ro.coc’cus. Gr. pref. an-, without (here: inseparable prefix); Gr. masc. n. aêr, air; N.L. masc. n. coccus, berry, coccus; N.L. masc. n. Anaerococcus, anaerobic coccus
Gender: masculine (stem: Anaerococc-)
Type species: Anaerococcus prevotii (Foubert and Douglas 1948) Ezaki et al. 2001
Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS
Valid publication:
Ezaki T, Kawamura Y, Li N, Li ZY, Zhao L, Shu S. Proposal of the genera Anaerococcus gen. nov., Peptoniphilus gen. nov. and Gallicola gen. nov. for members of the genus Peptostreptococcus. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2001; 51:1521-1528.
IJSEM list:
Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 51, part 4 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2001; 51:1621-1623.
Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP
Taxonomic status: correct name
Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 14
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 14
Total number of child taxa: 29
Parent taxon: Peptoniphilaceae Johnson et al. 2014
Assigned by:
Johnson CN, Whitehead TR, Cotta MA, Rhoades RE, Lawson PA. Peptoniphilus stercorisuis sp. nov., isolated from a swine manure storage tank and description of Peptoniphilaceae fam. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2014; 64:3538-3545.
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Record number: 515119