Name: "Didymococcus" Wertz et al. 2017

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Di.dy.mo.coc’cus. Gr. masc. adj. didymos, pair; N.L. masc. n. coccus, coccus; from Gr. masc. n. kokkos, grain, seed; N.L. masc. n. Didymococcus, a coccus in pairs

Gender: masculine (stem: Didymococc-)

Type species: "Didymococcus colitermitum" Wertz et al. 2017

Original publication: Wertz JT, Kim E, Breznak JA, Schmidt TM, Rodrigues JLM. Correction for Wertz et al., "Genomic and Physiological Characterization of the Verrucomicrobia Isolate Geminisphaera colitermitum gen. nov., sp. nov., Reveals Microaerophily and Nitrogen Fixation Genes". Appl Environ Microbiol 2017; 83:0.

Nomenclatural status: not validly published

Taxonomic status: synonym (and no standing)

Correct name: Geminisphaera Wertz et al. 2018

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Geminisphaera Wertz et al. 2018	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    "Diplosphaera" Wertz et al. 2012	homotypic synonym, not validly published

• Emendations:
  • Tegtmeier et al. 2018 Tegtmeier D, Belitz A, Radek R, Heimerl T, Brune A. Ereboglobus luteus gen. nov. sp. nov. from cockroach guts, and new insights into the oxygen relationship of the genera Opitutus and Didymococcus (Verrucomicrobia: Opitutaceae). Syst Appl Microbiol 2018; 41:101-112.

• Notes:
  • 🚂 For the type species of this genus another name is in use, which is affiliated with the genus Geminisphaera Wertz et al. 2018. Publication: Wertz JT, Kim E, Breznak JA, Schmidt TM, Rodrigues JLM. Second Correction for Wertz et al., "Genomic and Physiological Characterization of the Verrucomicrobia Isolate Geminisphaera colitermitum gen. nov., sp. nov., Reveals Microaerophily and Nitrogen Fixation Genes". Appl Environ Microbiol 2018; 84:e00952-18.
  • 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: ATCC: 1; DSM: 1; NRRL: 1.

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: 1

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    "Didymococcus colitermitum" Wertz et al. 2017	not validly published	synonym (and no standing)

Parent taxon: Opitutaceae Choo et al. 2007

Assigned by: Tegtmeier D, Belitz A, Radek R, Heimerl T, Brune A. Ereboglobus luteus gen. nov. sp. nov. from cockroach guts, and new insights into the oxygen relationship of the genera Opitutus and Didymococcus (Verrucomicrobia: Opitutaceae). Syst Appl Microbiol 2018; 41:101-112.

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Record number: 12926