Name: Kocuria Stackebrandt et al. 1995

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Ko.cur’i.a. N.L. fem. n. Kocuria, named after Miroslav Kocur, a Slovakian microbiologist for his pioneering studies on Gram-stain-positive cocci

Gender: feminine (stem: Kocuri-)

Type species: Kocuria rosea (Flügge 1886) Stackebrandt et al. 1995

Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Stackebrandt E, Koch C, Gvozdiak O, Schumann P. Taxonomic dissection of the genus Micrococcus: Kocuria gen. nov., Nesterenkonia gen. nov., Kytococcus gen. nov., Dermacoccus gen. nov., and Micrococcus Cohn 1872 gen. emend. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1995; 45:682-692.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 45, part 4 of the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1996; 46:364-365.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Pelczaria Poston 1994	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP, rejected name

• Notes:
  • 🚋 The type species of this genus has alternatively been placed in the genus Micrococcus Cohn 1872 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: Flügge C. Die Mikroorganismen, Auflage 2. F.C.W. Vogel, Leipzig, 1886.
  • 🚋 The type species of this genus has alternatively been placed in the genus Pelczaria Poston 1994. Publication: Poston JM. Pelczaria aurantia gen. nov., sp. nov., a newly described orange-colored bacterium. Arch Microbiol 1993; 160:114-120.
  • 🚋 The type species of this genus has alternatively been placed in the genus Deinococcus Brooks and Murray 1981. Publication: Brooks BW, Murray RGE. Nomenclature for "Micrococcus radiodurans" and other radiation-resistant cocci: Deinococcaceae fam. nov. and Deinococcus gen. nov., including five species. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1981; 31:353-360.
  • 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Kocuaria"; "Kocuriu".
  • 💁 Taxonomists who have recently focused on this group are the corresponding authors of Braun et al. (2019), Yun et al. (2011), Tang et al. (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: 27; JCM: 17; NBRC: 10; KCTC: 9; LMG: 9; IFO: 6; CIP: 6; CCM: 5; CCTCC: 5; ATCC: 5.
  • 😷 The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "Animal classification RG: 1 - Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No - Containment level: Containment Level 1". — The risk group for Taiwan has been imported on 2024-11-03. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "P650 = v". — If in doubt, use the risk group given in the regulations for your country and, if these are not available, use the risk group given in the catalogue of the culture collection from which you have obtained or intend to obtain the strain.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 23
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 30
Total number of child taxa: 36

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Kocuria aegyptia Li et al. 2006	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Kocuria arsenatis Román-Ponce et al. 2016	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Kocuria assamensis" Kaur et al. 2011	not validly published	preferred name
    Kocuria atrinae Park et al. 2010	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Kocuria carniphila Tvrzová et al. 2005	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Kocuria coralli Li and Zhang 2020	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Kocuria crassamentum" Rwezawula et al. 2025	not validly published	preferred name
    Kocuria dechangensis Wang et al. 2015	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Kocuria erythromyxa (Brooks and Murray 1981 ex Chester 1901) Rainey et al. 1997	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Kocuria flava Zhou et al. 2008	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Kocuria gwangalliensis Seo et al. 2009	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Kocuria halotolerans Tang et al. 2009	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Kocuria himachalensis Mayilraj et al. 2006	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Kocuria indica Dastager et al. 2014	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Kocuria koreensis Park et al. 2010	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Kocuria kristinae (Kloos et al. 1974) Stackebrandt et al. 1995	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Kocuria marina Kim et al. 2004	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Kocuria massiliensis" Edouard et al. 2018	not validly published	preferred name
    Kocuria oceani Zhang et al. 2017	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Kocuria ocularis" Domont et al. 2014	not validly published	preferred name
    Kocuria palustris Kovács et al. 1999	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Kocuria pelophila Hamada et al. 2016	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Kocuria polaris Reddy et al. 2003	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Kocuria rhizophila Kovács et al. 1999	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Kocuria rosea (Flügge 1886) Stackebrandt et al. 1995	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Kocuria salina Camacho et al. 2017	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Kocuria salsicia Yun et al. 2011	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Kocuria sediminis" Bala et al. 2012	not validly published	preferred name
    Kocuria soli Tuo et al. 2019	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Kocuria subflava Jiang et al. 2016	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Kocuria turfanensis Zhou et al. 2008	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Kocuria tytonicola" Braun et al. 2019	not validly published	preferred name
    Kocuria tytonis Braun et al. 2019	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Kocuria uropygialis Braun et al. 2018	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Kocuria uropygioeca Braun et al. 2018	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Kocuria varians (Migula 1900) Stackebrandt et al. 1995	validly published under the ICNP	correct name

Parent taxon: Micrococcaceae Pribram 1929 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Stackebrandt E, Rainey FA, Ward-Rainey NL. Proposal for a new hierarchic classification system, Actinobacteria classis nov. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1997; 47:479-491.

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