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Genus Arachidicoccus
Name: Arachidicoccus Madhaiyan et al. 2015
Etymology: A.ra.chi.di.coc’cus. N.L. fem. n. Arachis, botanical generic name for peanut; N.L. masc. n. coccus, a coccus; from Gr. masc. n. kokkos, a grain or berry; N.L. masc. n. Arachidicoccus, coccus associated with peanuts
Gender, pronunciation: masculine (stem: Arachidicocc-), a-ra-khi-di-KOK-kus
Type species: Arachidicoccus rhizosphaerae Madhaiyan et al. 2015
Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS
Valid publication:
Madhaiyan M, Poonguzhali S, Senthilkumar M, Pragatheswari D, Lee JS, Lee KC. Arachidicoccus rhizosphaerae gen. nov., sp. nov., a plant-growth-promoting bacterium in the family Chitinophagaceae isolated from rhizosphere soil. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2015; 65:578-586. 
IJSEM list:
Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 65, part 2 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2015; 65:1397-1399.
Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP
Taxonomic status: correct name
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Notes:
- 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Archidicoccus".
- 💁 Taxonomists who have recently focused on this group are the corresponding authors of Siddiqi et al. (2017). Editors in search of reviewers are advised to consider additional criteria such as whether a taxon is covered by one of the ICSP subcommittees.
- 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: KACC: 3; NBRC: 2; KCTC: 2; NCIMB: 1; LMG: 1; JCM: 1.
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
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Child taxa:
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Name Nomenclatural status Taxonomic status Arachidicoccus ginsenosidimutans Siddiqi et al. 2025 validly published under the ICNP correct name Arachidicoccus ginsenosidivorans Siddiqi et al. 2017 validly published under the ICNP correct name Arachidicoccus rhizosphaerae Madhaiyan et al. 2015 validly published under the ICNP correct name Arachidicoccus soli Lee et al. 2021 validly published under the ICNP correct name Arachidicoccus terrestris Won et al. 2022 validly published under the ICNP correct name
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Parent taxon: Chitinophagaceae Kämpfer et al. 2011
Assigned by:
Madhaiyan M, Poonguzhali S, Senthilkumar M, Pragatheswari D, Lee JS, Lee KC. Arachidicoccus rhizosphaerae gen. nov., sp. nov., a plant-growth-promoting bacterium in the family Chitinophagaceae isolated from rhizosphere soil. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2015; 65:578-586.
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Record number: 518668
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