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Name: Kocuria Stackebrandt et al. 1995
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
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
Name | Kind |
---|---|
Pelczaria Poston 1994 | heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP, rejected name |
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
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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Record number: 515896