Name: "Betacoccus" Orla-Jensen 1919

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Be.ta.coc.cus. N.L. masc. n. coccus, grain; N.L. masc. n. Betacoccus

Gender: masculine (stem: Betacocc-)

Type species: "Betacoccus arabinosaceus" Orla-Jensen 1919

Original publication: Orla-Jensen S. The lactic acid bacteria. Høst, Copenhagen, 1919.

Nomenclatural status: not validly published

• Notes:
  • Kluyver and Van Niel (1936) assigned this genus to the tribe Streptococceae Trevisan 1889 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: Kluyver AJ, Van Niel CB. Prospects for a natural system of classification of bacteria. Zentralblatt für Bakteriologie, Parasitenkunde, Infektionskrankheiten und Hygiene, Abteilung II 1936; 94:369-403.
  • Orla-Jensen (1921) assigned this genus to the order "Peritrichinales" Orla-Jensen 1921. Publication: Orla-Jensen S. The Main Lines of the Natural Bacterial System. J Bacteriol 1921; 6:263-273.
  • This taxon name is occasionally misprinted in some sources as: "Belacoccus"; "Betacoocus".
  • The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: DSM: 1; CCUG: 1; NCIMB: 1; LMG: 1; ATCC: 1; NRRL: 1; VKM: 1; JCM: 1.
  • Pittman et al. (1991) suggested the abbreviation "BECO" for this genus name but this does not appear to be of practical relevance any longer. Publication: Pittman KF, Walczak CA, Lock CM. Codes and abbreviations for approved of effectively published names of genera of bacteria published from January 1980 to December 1990. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1991; 41:571-579.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 0
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 0
Total number of child taxa: 2

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    "Betacoccus arabinosaceus" Orla-Jensen 1919	not validly published
    "Betacoccus cremoris" Knudsen and Sørensen 1929	not validly published, basonym of name in Approved Lists

Parent taxon: Lactobacillaceae Winslow et al. 1917 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Parker CD. Genus V. Thiobacillus Beijerinck 1904. In: Breed RS, Murray EGD, Smith NR (eds), Bergey's Manual of Determinative Bacteriology, 7th edition, The Williams & Wilkins Co, Baltimore, 1957, p. 83-88.

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Record number: 3616