Name: Kineococcus Yokota et al. 1993

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Ki.ne.o.coc’cus. Gr. fem. n. kinêsis, motion; N.L. masc. n. coccus, coccus; from Gr. masc. n. kokkos, a grain, seed; N.L. masc. n. Kineococcus, a motile coccus

Gender: masculine (stem: Kineococc-)

Type species: Kineococcus aurantiacus Yokota et al. 1993

Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Yokota A, Tamura T, Nishii T, Hasegawa T. Kineococcus aurantiacus gen. nov., sp. nov., a new aerobic, gram-positive, motile coccus with meso-diaminopimelic acid and arabinogalactan in the cell wall. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1993; 43:52-57.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 43, part 1 of the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1993; 43:399.

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: "Hneococcus"; "Kineocoocus".
  • 💁 Taxonomists who have recently focused on this group are the corresponding authors of Xu et al. (2017), Duangmal et al. (2016), Lee (2009). 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: DSM: 14; JCM: 10; NBRC: 10; KCTC: 7; CCTCC: 4; CECT: 3; NRRL: 3; BCC: 2; ATCC: 2; VKM: 1.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 14
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 16
Total number of child taxa: 21

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Kineococcus aurantiacus Yokota et al. 1993	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Kineococcus aureolus Xu et al. 2017	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Kineococcus endophytica Bian et al. 2014	inaccurate spelling	misspelling
    Kineococcus endophyticus corrig. Bian et al. 2014	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Kineococcus glutinatus corrig. Nie et al. 2012	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Kineococcus glutineturens Nie et al. 2012	inaccurate spelling	misspelling
    Kineococcus gynurae Duangmal et al. 2008	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Kineococcus gypseus Li et al. 2015	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Kineococcus halophytocola" Thanompreechachai et al. 2025	not validly published	preferred name
    Kineococcus indalonis Molina-Menor et al. 2021	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Kineococcus mangrovi Duangmal et al. 2016	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Kineococcus marinus Lee 2006	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Kineococcus radiotolerans Phillips et al. 2002	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Kineococcus rhizosphaerae Lee 2009	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Kineococcus rubinsiae Mhatre et al. 2021	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Kineococcus siccus Molina-Menor et al. 2021	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Kineococcus tegulae" Lee 2009	not validly published	preferred name
    Kineococcus terrestris corrig. Xu et al. 2017	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Kineococcus terreus Xu et al. 2017	inaccurate spelling	misspelling
    Kineococcus vitellinus Molina-Menor et al. 2021	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Kineococcus xinjiangensis Liu et al. 2009	validly published under the ICNP	correct name

Parent taxon: Kineosporiaceae Zhi et al. 2009

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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