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Genus "Betacoccus"
Name: "Betacoccus" Orla-Jensen 1919
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
Taxonomic status: preferred name (not correct name)
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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.
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🧕 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 (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Bclacoccus"; "Belacoccus"; "Betacoocus".
- 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: LMG: 1; NBIMCC: 1; CCUG: 1; DSM: 1; NRRL: 1; CIP: 1; ATCC: 1; VKM: 1; NCIMB: 1; JCM: 1.
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🧍 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.
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
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Child taxa:
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Name Nomenclatural status Taxonomic status "Betacoccus arabinosaceus" Orla-Jensen 1919 not validly published preferred name "Betacoccus cremoris" Knudsen and Sørensen 1929 not validly published, basonym of name in Approved Lists synonym
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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
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