Name: Helcococcus Collins et al. 1993
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: masculine (stem: Helcococc-)
Type species: Helcococcus kunzii Collins et al. 1993
Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS
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
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: 7
Name | Nomenclatural status | Taxonomic status |
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Helcococcus kunzii Collins et al. 1993 | validly published under the ICNP | correct name |
"Helcococcus massiliensis" Fall et al. 2018 | not validly published | preferred name (not correct 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 (not correct name) |
"Helcococcus pyogenica" Panackal et al. 2004 | not validly published | synonym (and no standing) |
"Helcococcus seattlensis" Chow and Clarridge 2014 | not validly published | preferred name (not correct 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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Record number: 515783