Name: Croceicoccus Xu et al. 2009

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Cro.ce.i.coc’cus. L. masc. adj. croceus, yellow, golden; N.L. masc. n. coccus, grain or berry; from Gr. masc. n. kokkos, grain; N.L. masc. n. Croceicoccus, yellow coccus, referring to a yellow coccoid-shaped bacterium

Gender, pronunciation: masculine (stem: Croceicocc-), kro-ke-i-KOK-kus

Type species: Croceicoccus marinus Xu et al. 2009

Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Xu XW, Wu YH, Wang CS, Wang XG, Oren A, Wu M. Croceicoccus marinus gen. nov., sp. nov., a yellow-pigmented bacterium from deep-sea sediment, and emended description of the family Erythrobacteraceae. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009; 59:2247-2253.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 59, part 9 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009; 59:2921-2922.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Emendations:
  • Huang et al. 2015 Huang Y, Zeng Y, Feng H, Wu Y, Xu X. Croceicoccus naphthovorans sp. nov., a polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons-degrading and acylhomoserine-lactone-producing bacterium isolated from marine biofilm, and emended description of the genus Croceicoccus. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2015; 65:1531-1536. Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 65, part 5 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2015; 65:2343-2344.
    Notes:
    • ⊕ Emendation accompanied by the proposal of 1 new species in the genus.
  • Xu et al. 2020 Xu L, Sun C, Fang C, Oren A, Xu XW. Genomic-based taxonomic classification of the family Erythrobacteraceae. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:4470-4495. Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 70, part 8 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:5602-5608.

• Notes:
  • 💁 Taxonomists who have recently focused on this group are the corresponding authors of Li et al. (2021), Wang et al. (2025). Editors in search of reviewers are advised to consider additional criteria such as whether a taxon is covered by one of the ICSP subcommittees.
  • 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: CGMCC: 5; DSM: 4; MCCC: 3; KCTC: 3; JCM: 2; NBRC: 2; GDMCC: 1; CCM: 1; CECT: 1; KACC: 1.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 10
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 11
Total number of child taxa: 11

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Croceicoccus bisphenolivorans Li et al. 2021	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Croceicoccus esteveae Rey-Velasco et al. 2024	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Croceicoccus estronivorus (Qin et al. 2021) Kim et al. 2021	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Croceicoccus gelatinilyticus Pei et al. 2022	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Croceicoccus hydrothermalis Chen et al. 2022	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Croceicoccus marinus Xu et al. 2009	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Croceicoccus mobilis Wu et al. 2016	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Croceicoccus naphthovorans Huang et al. 2015	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Croceicoccus pelagius Wu et al. 2016	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Croceicoccus ponticola Park et al. 2019	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Croceicoccus sediminis Huang et al. 2020	validly published under the ICNP	correct name

Parent taxon: Erythrobacteraceae Lee et al. 2005

Assigned by: Xu XW, Wu YH, Wang CS, Wang XG, Oren A, Wu M. Croceicoccus marinus gen. nov., sp. nov., a yellow-pigmented bacterium from deep-sea sediment, and emended description of the family Erythrobacteraceae. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009; 59:2247-2253.

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