Name: Catenococcus Sorokin 1994

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Ca.te.no.coc’cus. L. fem. n. catena, chain; N.L. masc. n. coccus, coccus, berry; from Gr. masc. n. kokkos, grain, seed; N.L. masc. n. Catenococcus, a chain of berries

Gender, pronunciation (Latin): masculine (stem: Catenococc-), ka-te-no-KOK-kus

Type species: Catenococcus thiocycli corrig. Sorokin 1994

Effective publication: Sorokin DY. Catenococcus thiocyclus gen. nov. sp. nov.—a new facultatively anaerobic bacterium from a near-shore sulphidic hydrothermal area. J. Gen. Microbiol. 1992; 138:2287-2292.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Validation list no. 51. Validation of publication of new names and new combinations previously effectively published outside the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1994; 44:852.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP, illegitimate name

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Allocatenococcus Oren and Molinari Novoa 2024

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Allocatenococcus Oren and Molinari Novoa 2024	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 Allocatenococcus Oren and Molinari Novoa 2024. Publication: Oren A, Molinari Novoa EA. Proposal of Allocatenococcus gen. nov., Allocoenonia gen. nov. and Allofournierella gen. nov. as replacement names for the illegitimate prokaryotic generic names Catenococcus Sorokin 1994, Coenonia Vandamme et al. 1999 and Fournierella Togo et al. 2017, respectively. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2024; 74:6547. 🇮🇱
  • 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: DSM: 2; NCCB: 2; ATCC: 2.
  • 🧍 Later homonym of Catenococcus Hindák 1977 (green algae). According to Shipunov (2011), this name is a hemihomonym. Publication: Shipunov A. The problem of hemihomonyms and the on-line hemihomonyms database (HHDB). Bionomina 2011; 4:65-72.

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: 2

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Catenococcus thiocycli corrig. Sorokin 1994	validly published under the ICNP, illegitimate name	synonym
    Catenococcus thiocyclus Sorokin 1994	inaccurate spelling and illegitimate	misspelling

Parent taxon: Vibrionaceae Véron 1965 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Oren A, Molinari Novoa EA. Proposal of Allocatenococcus gen. nov., Allocoenonia gen. nov. and Allofournierella gen. nov. as replacement names for the illegitimate prokaryotic generic names Catenococcus Sorokin 1994, Coenonia Vandamme et al. 1999 and Fournierella Togo et al. 2017, respectively. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2024; 74:6547. 🇮🇱

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Record number: 515321