Name: Geminicoccus Foesel et al. 2008
Etymology: Ge.mi.ni.coc.cus. L. masc. adj. geminus, twin, double; N.L. masc. n. coccus, coccus; from Gr. masc. n. kokkos, grain, seed; N.L. masc. n. Geminicoccus, two coccoid cells
Gender: masculine (stem: Geminicocc-)
Type species: Geminicoccus roseus Foesel et al. 2008
Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS
Effective publication: Foesel BU, Gossner AS, Drake HL, Schramm A. Geminicoccus roseus gen. nov., sp. nov., an aerobic phototrophic Alphaproteobacterium isolated from a marine aquaculture biofilter. Syst Appl Microbiol 2007; 30:581-586.
IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Validation list no. 123. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008; 58:1993-1994.
Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP
Taxonomic status: correct name
Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 2
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 2
Total number of child taxa: 4
Name | Nomenclatural status | Taxonomic status |
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Geminicoccus flavidas Jiang et al. 2024 | inaccurate spelling | misspelling |
Geminicoccus flavidus corrig. Jiang et al. 2024 | validly published under the ICNP | correct name |
"Geminicoccus harenae" Jiang et al. 2022 | not validly published | preferred name (not correct name) |
Geminicoccus roseus Foesel et al. 2008 | validly published under the ICNP | correct name |
Parent taxon: Geminicoccaceae Proença et al. 2018
Assigned by: Proenca DN, Whitman WB, Varghese N, Shapiro N, Woyke T, Kyrpides NC, Morais PV. Arboriscoccus pini gen. nov., sp. nov., an endophyte from a pine tree of the class Alphaproteobacteria, emended description of Geminicoccus roseus, and proposal of Geminicoccaceae fam. nov. Syst Appl Microbiol 2018; 41:94-100.
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