Name: Humicoccus Yoon et al. 2007

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Hu.mi.coc’cus. L. fem. n. humus, the soil; N.L. masc. n. coccus, coccus; from Gr. masc. n. kokkos, grain, seed; N.L. masc. n. Humicoccus, coccus isolated from soil

Gender, pronunciation: masculine (stem: Humicocc-), hu-mi-KOK-kus

Type species: Humicoccus flavidus Yoon et al. 2007

Valid publication: Yoon JH, Kang SJ, Jung SY, Oh TK. Humicoccus flavidus gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from soil. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007; 57:56-59.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 57, part 1 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007; 57:659-660.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Nakamurella Tao et al. 2004

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Nakamurella Tao et al. 2004	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    Microsphaera Yoshimi et al. 1996	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP, illegitimate name
    Saxeibacter Lee et al. 2008	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • 🧕 Sen et al. (2014) assigned this genus to the order Nakamurellales Sen et al. 2014. Publication: Sen A, Daubin V, Abrouk D, Gifford I, Berry AM, Normand P. Phylogeny of the class Actinobacteria revisited in the light of complete genomes. The orders 'Frankiales' and Micrococcales should be split into coherent entities: proposal of Frankiales ord. nov., Geodermatophilales ord. nov., Acidothermales ord. nov. and Nakamurellales ord. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2014; 64:3821-3832.
  • 🚂 For the type species of this genus another name is in use, which is affiliated with the genus Nakamurella Tao et al. 2004. Publication: Kim KK, Lee KC, Lee JS. Nakamurella panacisegetis sp. nov. and proposal for reclassification of Humicoccus flavidus Yoon et al., 2007 and Saxeibacter lacteus Lee et al., 2008 as Nakamurella flavida comb. nov. and Nakamurella lactea comb. nov. Syst Appl Microbiol 2012; 35:291-296.
  • 😢 The terminology used by the authors is in line with many other taxonomic studies and does not negatively affect their main results; some improvements may nevertheless be possible. Contrasting the term "chemotaxonomic" with "phenotypic" is not recommended. Using the term "phylogenetic data" (or equivalent) for sequence data is not advocated. Whether taxa can have "members" is debatable. See the LPSN phylogeny page for details. Publication: Göker M. What can genome analysis offer for bacteria? In: Bridge P, Smith D, Stackebrandt E (eds), Trends in the systematics of bacteria and fungi, CAB International, Wallingford, 2021, p. 255-281.
  • ❗ Humicoccus is the correct name instead if this genus is regarded as a separate genus (i.e., if its nomenclatural type is not assigned to another genus whose name is validly published, legitimate and not rejected and has priority).
  • 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: KCTC: 1; JCM: 1; DSM: 1; CIP: 1.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 0
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
    Humicoccus flavidus Yoon et al. 2007	validly published under the ICNP	synonym

Parent taxon: Nakamurellaceae Tao et al. 2004

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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