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Domain Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family Genus Species Rarely used categories

Genus Chordicoccus

Name: Chordicoccus Gaffney et al. 2023

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Chor.di.coc’cus. L. fem. n. chorda, string; N.L. masc. n. coccus, a coccus; from Gr. masc. n. kokkos, berry; N.L. masc. n. Chordicoccus, a string of berries, reflecting the short cocci chained morphology of the genus

Gender, pronunciation: masculine (stem: Chordicocc-), khor-di-KOK-kus

Type species: Chordicoccus furentiruminis Gaffney et al. 2023

Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Gaffney J, Embree J, Gilmore S, Embree M. Chordicoccus furentiruminis, gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel succinic acid producing bacterium isolated from a steer on a high grain diet. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2023; 73:5751. 🇺🇸

IJSEM list: Oren A, Göker M. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 73, part 3 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2023; 73:5910.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 1
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 1
Total number of child taxa: 1

Parent taxon: Lachnospiraceae Rainey 2010

Assigned by: Gaffney J, Embree J, Gilmore S, Embree M. Corrigendum: Chordicoccus furentiruminis, gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel succinic acid producing bacterium isolated from a steer on a high grain diet. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2023; 73:5944. 🇺🇸

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Record number: 31784
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