Genus Blastococcus

Name: Blastococcus Ahrens and Moll 1970 (Approved Lists 1980)

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Gr. masc. n. blastos, bud, shoot; M.L. masc. n. coccus, coccus; from Gr. masc. n. kokkos, grain, seed; N.L. masc. n. Blastococcus, budding coccus

Type species: Blastococcus aggregatus Ahrens and Moll 1970 (Approved Lists 1980)

Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

Original publication: Ahrens R, Moll G. [A new budding bacterium from the Baltic Sea]. Arch Mikrobiol 1970; 70:243-265.

IJSEM list: Skerman VBD, McGowan V, Sneath PHA. Approved lists of bacterial names. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1980; 30:225-420.

Nomenclatural status: validly published

Taxonomic status: correct name

Emendations:
- Urzì et al. 2004 Urzi C, Salamone P, Schumann P, Rohde M, Stackebrandt E. Blastococcus saxobsidens sp. nov., and emended descriptions of the genus Blastococcus Ahrens and Moll 1970 and Blastococcus aggregatus Ahrens and Moll 1970. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004; 54:253-259. Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 54, part 1 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004; 54:633-634.
  Notes:
  - Emendation accompanied by the proposal of 1 new species in the genus.
- Lee 2006 Lee SD. Blastococcus jejuensis sp. nov., an actinomycete from beach sediment, and emended description of the genus Blastococcus Ahrens and Moll 1970. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006; 56:2391-2396. Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 56, part 10 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007; 57:2-3.
  Notes:
  - Emendation accompanied by the proposal of 1 new species in the genus.
- Hezbri et al. 2016 Hezbri K, Louati M, Nouioui I, Gtari M, Rohde M, Sproer C, Schumann P, Klenk HP, Ghodhbane-Gtari F, Montero-Calasanz MD. Blastococcus capsensis sp. nov., isolated from an archaeological Roman pool and emended description of the genus Blastococcus, B. aggregatus, B. saxobsidens, B. jejuensis and B. endophyticus. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2016; 66:4864-4872. Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 66, part 11 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:179-182.
  Notes:
  - Emendation accompanied by the proposal of 1 new species in the genus.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 10
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 10
Total number of child taxa: 10

Child taxa:

Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
Blastococcus aggregatus Ahrens and Moll 1970 (Approved Lists 1980)	validly published	correct name
Blastococcus atacamensis Castro et al. 2018	validly published	correct name
Blastococcus capsensis Hezbri et al. 2016	validly published	correct name
Blastococcus colisei Hezbri et al. 2017	validly published	correct name
Blastococcus deserti Yang et al. 2019	validly published	correct name
Blastococcus endophyticus Zhu et al. 2013	validly published	correct name
Blastococcus jejuensis Lee 2006	validly published	correct name
Blastococcus litoris Lee et al. 2018	validly published	correct name
Blastococcus saxobsidens Urzì et al. 2004	validly published	correct name
Blastococcus xanthinilyticus Hezbri et al. 2018	validly published	correct name

Parent taxon: Geodermatophilaceae Normand 2006

Assigned by: Normand P. Geodermatophilaceae fam. nov., a formal description. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006; 56:2277-2278.

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