Name: Dermacoccus Stackebrandt et al. 1995

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Der.ma.coc.cus. Gr. neut. n. derma, skin; N.L. masc. n. coccus, coccus; from Gr. masc. n. kokkos, grain, seed; N.L. masc. n. Dermacoccus, coccus living on skin [probably better: Dermatococcus]

Gender: masculine (stem: Dermacocc-)

Type species: Dermacoccus nishinomiyaensis (Oda 1935) Stackebrandt et al. 1995

Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Stackebrandt E, Koch C, Gvozdiak O, Schumann P. Taxonomic dissection of the genus Micrococcus: Kocuria gen. nov., Nesterenkonia gen. nov., Kytococcus gen. nov., Dermacoccus gen. nov., and Micrococcus Cohn 1872 gen. emend. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1995; 45:682-692.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 45, part 4 of the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1996; 46:364-365.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 2

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the family Dermacoccaceae Schumann and Stackebrandt 2000. Publication: Stackebrandt E, Schumann P. Description of Bogoriellaceae fam. nov., Dermacoccaceae fam. nov., Rarobacteraceae fam. nov. and Sanguibacteraceae fam. nov. and emendation of some families of the suborder Micrococcineae. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2000; 50:1279-1285.
  • 🧕 Boone et al. (2001) assigned this genus to the family Dermatophilaceae Austwick 1958 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: Garrity GM, Holt JG. The Road Map to the Manual. In: Boone DR, Castenholz RW, Garrity GM (eds), Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, second edition, vol. 1 (The Archaea and the deeply branching and phototrophic Bacteria), Springer-Verlag, New York, 2001, p. 119-166.
  • 🧕 Stackebrandt et al. (1997) assigned this genus to the family Dermatophilaceae Austwick 1958 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: Stackebrandt E, Rainey FA, Ward-Rainey NL. Proposal for a new hierarchic classification system, Actinobacteria classis nov. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1997; 47:479-491.
  • 🚋 The type species of this genus has alternatively been placed in the genus Micrococcus Cohn 1872 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: Oda M. Microbiological studies on flora in washing water of saké brewery (Report N° 6). I. Microbiological studies on Miyamizu (Holy Water) (8). (9). Micrococcus and Actinomyces isolated from Miyamizu (in Japanese). Journal of Fermentation and Technology 1935; 13:1202-1228.
  • 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Demacoccus"; "Demzacoccus"; "Dermacocc".
  • 💁 Taxonomists who have recently focused on this group are the corresponding authors of Pathom-Aree et al. (2006). 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: DSM: 4; JCM: 4; NCIMB: 3; IFO: 1; CCUG: 1; VKM: 1; CCM: 1; NBRC: 1; ATCC: 1; IEGM: 1.
  • 😷 The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 2, note = "Animal classification RG: 1 - Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No - Containment level: Containment Level 2". — If in doubt, use the risk group given in the regulations for your country and, if these are not available, use the risk group given in the catalogue of the culture collection from which you have obtained or intend to obtain the strain.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 4
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 4
Total number of child taxa: 4

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Dermacoccus abyssi Pathom-aree et al. 2006	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Dermacoccus barathri Pathom-aree et al. 2006	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Dermacoccus nishinomiyaensis (Oda 1935) Stackebrandt et al. 1995	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Dermacoccus profundi Pathom-aree et al. 2006	validly published under the ICNP	correct name

Parent taxon: Dermacoccaceae Schumann and Stackebrandt 2000

Assigned by: Stackebrandt E, Schumann P. Description of Bogoriellaceae fam. nov., Dermacoccaceae fam. nov., Rarobacteraceae fam. nov. and Sanguibacteraceae fam. nov. and emendation of some families of the suborder Micrococcineae. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2000; 50:1279-1285.

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