Genus Auricoccus

Name: Auricoccus Prakash et al. 2017

Category, proposed as: genus, gen. nov.

Etymology: Au.ri.coc’cus. L. gen. fem. n. auris, ear; N.L. masc. n. coccus, grain; from Gr. masc. n. kokkos, grain, seed; N.L. masc. n. Auricoccus, a coccus from the ear

Gender, pronunciation (Latin): masculine (stem: Auricocc-), a͡u-ri-KOK-kus

Type species: Auricoccus indicus Prakash et al. 2017

Valid publication: Prakash O, Muduli S, Kumar R, Kumari C, Nimonkar Y, Shouche YS, Sharma R. Description of Auricoccus indicus gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from skin of human ear. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:1212-1218. 🇮🇳

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 67, part 5 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:2495-2498.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Abyssicoccus Jiang et al. 2016

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Abyssicoccus Jiang et al. 2016	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • 🚂 For the type species of this genus another name is in use, which is affiliated with the genus Abyssicoccus Jiang et al. 2016. Publication: Jiang Z, Yuan CG, Xiao M, Tian XP, Khan IU, Kim CJ, Zhi XY, Li WJ. Abyssicoccus albus gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel member of the family Staphylococcaceae isolated from marine sediment of the Indian Ocean. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek 2016; 109:1153-1160. 🇨🇳
  • ❗ Auricoccus is the correct name instead if this genus is regarded as a separate genus (i.e., if its nomenclatural type is not assigned to another genus whose name is validly published, legitimate and not rejected and has priority).
  • 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: MCC: 1; KCTC: 1; CCUG: 1.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 0
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 1
Total number of child taxa: 1

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Auricoccus indicus Prakash et al. 2017	validly published under the ICNP	synonym

Parent taxon: Staphylococcaceae Schleifer and Bell 2010

Assigned by: Prakash O, Muduli S, Kumar R, Kumari C, Nimonkar Y, Shouche YS, Sharma R. Description of Auricoccus indicus gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from skin of human ear. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:1212-1218. 🇮🇳

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