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

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

• 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.
  • 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 in some sources as: "Demacoccus"; "Demzacoccus".
  • 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; LMG: 1; VKM: 1; IFO: 1; NCTC: 1; IEGM: 1; CCUG: 1; ATCC: 1.

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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