Name: Kocuria Stackebrandt et al. 1995

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

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

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.

Nomenclatural status: validly published

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Pelczaria Poston 1994	heterotypic synonym, validly published, 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 Teil 2, Auflage 3. 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.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 26
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 30
Total number of child taxa: 32

• Child taxa:

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