Name: Hyphococcus Sun et al. 2017

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Hy.pho.coc’cus. Gr. fem. n. hyphê, a web, thread; N.L. masc. n. coccus, coccus; from Gr. masc. n. kokkos, grain, seed; N.L. masc. n. Hyphococcus, thread-producing spherical bacterium

Gender, pronunciation: masculine (stem: Hyphococc-), hy-p^ho-KOK-kus

Type species: Hyphococcus flavus Sun et al. 2017

Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Sun C, Wu C, Su Y, Wang RJ, Fu GY, Zhao Z, Yu XY, Huang MM, Han BN, Lv ZB, et al. Hyphococcus flavus gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel alphaproteobacterium isolated from deep seawater. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:4024-4031. 🇨🇳

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 67, part 10 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2018; 68:3-6.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Marinicaulis Yu et al. 2018	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Emendations:
  • Ye et al. 2025 Ye YQ, Zhang XY, Gong HN, Ye MQ, Du ZJ. Description of Hyphococcus formosus sp. nov. and Hyphococcus lacteus sp. nov., isolated from coastal sediment, and reclassification of Marinicaulis flavus as Hyphococcus luteus nom. nov. and Marinicaulis aureus as Hyphococcus aureus comb. nov. Syst Appl Microbiol 2024; 48:126575. 🇨🇳
    Notes:
    • ⊕ Emendation accompanied by the proposal of 4 new species in the genus.
    • 🧍 As of 2024-12-11 this emendation was not yet included in an IJSEM List of Changes in Taxonomic Opinion.

• Notes:
  • 💁 Taxonomists who have recently focused on this group are the corresponding authors of Yu et al. (2018). Editors in search of reviewers are advised to consider additional criteria such as whether a taxon is covered by one of the ICSP subcommittees.
  • 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: KCTC: 5; MCCC: 5.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 5
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 5
Total number of child taxa: 5

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Hyphococcus aureus (Wang et al. 2019) Ye et al. 2025	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Hyphococcus flavus Sun et al. 2017	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Hyphococcus formosus Ye et al. 2025	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Hyphococcus lacteus Ye et al. 2025	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Hyphococcus luteus Ye et al. 2025	validly published under the ICNP	correct name

Parent taxon: "Parvularculaceae" Garrity et al. 2003

Assigned by: Sun C, Wu C, Su Y, Wang RJ, Fu GY, Zhao Z, Yu XY, Huang MM, Han BN, Lv ZB, et al. Hyphococcus flavus gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel alphaproteobacterium isolated from deep seawater. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:4024-4031. 🇨🇳

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