Name: Helcococcus Collins et al. 1993

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Hel.co.coc’cus. Gr. neut. n. helkos, wound; N.L. masc. n. coccus, berry; Gr. masc. n. kokkos, grain; N.L. masc. n. Helcococcus, a coccus found in wounds

Gender, pronunciation (Latin): masculine (stem: Helcococc-), hel-ko-KOK-kus

Type species: Helcococcus kunzii Collins et al. 1993

Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Collins MD, Facklam RR, Rodrigues UM, Ruoff KL. Phylogenetic analysis of some Aerococcus-like organisms from clinical sources: description of Helcococcus kunzii gen. nov., sp. nov. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1993; 43:425-429. 🇬🇧

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 43, part 3 of the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1993; 43:866.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 2

• Notes:
  • 🧕 Alauzet et al. (2014) assigned this genus to the class "Tissierellia" Alauzet et al. 2014. Publication: Alauzet C, Marchandin H, Courtin P, Mory F, Lemee L, Pons JL, Chapot-Chartier MP, Lozniewski A, Jumas-Bilak E. Multilocus analysis reveals diversity in the genus Tissierella: description of Tissierella carlieri sp. nov. in the new class Tissierellia classis nov. Syst Appl Microbiol 2014; 37:23-34. 🇫🇷
  • 🧕 Boone et al. (2001) assigned this genus to the family "Peptostreptococcaceae". 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. 🇺🇸
  • 🧕 De Vos et al. (2009) assigned this genus to the order Clostridiales Prévot 1953 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: Ludwig W, Schleifer K-H, Whitman WB. Class I. Bacilli class nov. In: De Vos P, Garrity GM, Jones D, Krieg NR, Ludwig W, Rainey FA, K.-H. S, Whitman WB (eds), Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, 2nd edn, vol. 3 (The Firmicutes), Springer, New York, 2009, p. 19-20. 🇧🇪
  • 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Hekococcus"; "Helcoccocus"; "Helcoccus"; "Helcocmus"; "Helcoroccus"; "Helcowocus".
  • 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: DSM: 4; CCUG: 3; CIP: 3; ATCC: 2; NBRC: 1; CSUR: 1; IFO: 1; LMG: 1; NCIMB: 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: 3
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 3
Total number of child taxa: 8

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    "Helcococcus bovis" Cunha et al. 2024	not validly published	preferred name
    Helcococcus kunzii Collins et al. 1993	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Helcococcus massiliensis" Fall et al. 2018	not validly published	preferred name
    Helcococcus ovis Collins et al. 1999	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Helcococcus pyogenes" Panackal et al. 2004	not validly published	preferred name
    "Helcococcus pyogenica" Panackal et al. 2004	not validly published	synonym
    "Helcococcus seattlensis" Chow and Clarridge 2014	not validly published	preferred name
    Helcococcus sueciensis Collins et al. 2004	validly published under the ICNP	correct name

Parent taxon: Peptoniphilaceae Johnson et al. 2014

Assigned by: Johnson CN, Whitehead TR, Cotta MA, Rhoades RE, Lawson PA. Peptoniphilus stercorisuis sp. nov., isolated from a swine manure storage tank and description of Peptoniphilaceae fam. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2014; 64:3538-3545. 🇺🇸

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