Name: Horticoccus Chung et al. 2023

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Hor.ti.coc’cus. L. masc. n. hortus, garden, orchard; N.L. masc. n. coccus, a sphere (from Gr. kokkos); N.L. masc. n. Horticoccus, a spheroid bacterium from an orchard

Gender: masculine (stem: Horticocc-)

Type species: Horticoccus luteus Chung et al. 2023

Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Chung JH, Lee JY, Choi GH, Won M, Yeon J, Yoon Y, An SH, Kim DY, Park I, Kim YE, et al. Horticoccus luteus gen. nov., sp. nov., A Novel Member of the Phylum Verrucomicrobia Isolated from a Dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane (DDT)-Contaminated Orchard Soil. Curr Microbiol 2022; 79:340.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Göker M. Validation list no. 210. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2023; 73:5812.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Notes:
  • 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Horticcoccus".
  • 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: KACC: 1; NBRC: 1; DSM: 1.

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
    Horticoccus luteus Chung et al. 2023	validly published under the ICNP	correct name

Parent taxon: Opitutaceae Choo et al. 2007

Assigned by: Chung JH, Lee JY, Choi GH, Won M, Yeon J, Yoon Y, An SH, Kim DY, Park I, Kim YE, et al. Horticoccus luteus gen. nov., sp. nov., A Novel Member of the Phylum Verrucomicrobia Isolated from a Dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane (DDT)-Contaminated Orchard Soil. Curr Microbiol 2022; 79:340.

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Record number: 37223