Name: Granulicoccus Maszenan et al. 2007

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Gra.nu.li.coc’cus. L. neut. dim. n. granulum, a small grain; N.L. masc. n. coccus, a berry; N.L. masc. n. Granulicoccus, a coccus from (sludge) granules

Gender, pronunciation (Latin): masculine (stem: Granulicocc-), gra-nu-li-KOK-kus

Type species: Granulicoccus phenolivorans Maszenan et al. 2007

Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Maszenan AM, Jiang HL, Tay JH, Schumann P, Kroppenstedt RM, Tay ST. Granulicoccus phenolivorans gen. nov., sp. nov., a Gram-positive, phenol-degrading coccus isolated from phenol-degrading aerobic granules. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007; 57:730-737. 🇸🇬

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 57, part 4 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007; 57:1374-1375.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Granuliococcus".
  • 🧬 The phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is 0.07864 (N = 2).
  • 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: ATCC: 1; DSM: 1; JCM: 1.
  • 😷 The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "Animal classification RG: 1 - Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No - Containment level: Containment Level 1". — 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: 1
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 1
Total number of child taxa: 1

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Granulicoccus phenolivorans Maszenan et al. 2007	validly published under the ICNP	correct name

Parent taxon: Propionibacteriaceae Delwiche 1957 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Zhi XY, Li WJ, Stackebrandt E. An update of the structure and 16S rRNA gene sequence-based definition of higher ranks of the class Actinobacteria, with the proposal of two new suborders and four new families and emended descriptions of the existing higher taxa. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009; 59:589-608. 🇨🇳

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