Name: "Cephaloticoccus" Lin et al. 2016

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Ce.pha.lo.ti.coc’cus. N.L. masc. n. Cephalotes, an ant genus; N.L. masc. n. coccus, coccus; from Gr. masc. n. kokkos, grain, seed; N.L. masc. n. Cephaloticoccus, a coccus from the Cephalotes ant

Gender, pronunciation (Latin): masculine (stem: Cephaloticocc-), ke-p^ha-lo-ti-KOK-kus

Type species: "Cephaloticoccus primus" Lin et al. 2016

Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

Original publication: Lin JY, Russell JA, Sanders JG, Wertz JT. Cephaloticoccus gen. nov., a new genus of 'Verrucomicrobia' containing two novel species isolated from Cephalotes ant guts. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2016; 66:3034-3040. 🇺🇸

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 66, part 8 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2016; 66:4306-4309.

Nomenclatural status: not validly published

Taxonomic status: preferred name (not correct name)

• Notes:
  • 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: ATCC: 2; NCIMB: 2; DSM: 1.
  • 🧍 Considered not validly published. The name is not validly published as Lin et al. 2016 did not designate a type species in their description of Cephaloticoccus gen. nov., which is not monotypic [Rule 27(3)]. Therefore neither the genus name nor the two species names got validly published [Rule 29(3), Rule 27 Note 2]. Publication: Oren A, Arahal DR, Christensen H, Goker M, Manaia CM, Moore ERB. International Code of Nomenclature of Prokaryotes. Prokaryotic Code (2025 Revision). Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2026; 76:6979. 🇮🇱
  • 🧍 The type species was designated in a corrigendum (IJSEM 67:523) as required by Rule 29(3). However, this corrigendum only corrected the description of the genus but did not provide a description of the type species, nor of any other species in the genus. Since the type species to which the corrigendum was referring was not validly published at that time point, the corrigendum does not constitute the valid publication of the genus name either [Rule 29(2)]. Publication: Lin JY, Russell JA, Sanders JG, Wertz JT. Corrigendum: Cephaloticoccus gen. nov., a new genus of 'Verrucomicrobia' containing two novel species isolated from Cephalotes ant guts. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:523. 🇺🇸

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
    "Cephaloticoccus capnophilus" Lin et al. 2016	not validly published	preferred name
    "Cephaloticoccus primus" Lin et al. 2016	not validly published	preferred name

Parent taxon: Opitutaceae Choo et al. 2007

Assigned by: Lin JY, Russell JA, Sanders JG, Wertz JT. Cephaloticoccus gen. nov., a new genus of 'Verrucomicrobia' containing two novel species isolated from Cephalotes ant guts. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2016; 66:3034-3040. 🇺🇸

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