Name: Kytococcus Stackebrandt et al. 1995

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Ky.to.coc.cus. Gr. neut. n. [κύτος] kytos, skin (sic); N.L. masc. n. coccus, coccus; from Gr. masc. n. [κόκκος] kokkos, grain, seed; N.L. masc. n. Kytococcus, a coccus from skin

Gender: masculine

Type species: Kytococcus sedentarius (ZoBell and Upham 1944) 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

• Notes:
  • Nomenclatural type of the family Kytococcaceae Nouioui et al. 2018. Publication: Nouioui I, Carro L, Garcia-Lopez M, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Woyke T, Kyrpides NC, Pukall R, Klenk HP, Goodfellow M, Goker M. Genome-Based Taxonomic Classification of the Phylum Actinobacteria. Front Microbiol 2018; 9:2007.
  • Boone et al. (2001) assigned this genus to the family Dermatophilaceae Austwick 1958 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: Garrity GM, Holt JG. The Road Map to the Manual. In: Boone DR, Castenholz RW, Garrity GM (eds), Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, second edition, vol. 1 (The Archaea and the deeply branching and phototrophic Bacteria), Springer-Verlag, New York, 2001, p. 119-166.
  • Zhi et al. (2009) assigned this genus to the family Dermacoccaceae Schumann and Stackebrandt 2000. Publication: 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.
  • The type species of this genus has alternatively been placed in the genus Micrococcus Cohn 1872 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: Zobell CE, Upham HC. A list of marine bacteria including descriptions of sixty new species. Bulletin Scripps Institution of Oceanography University of California (Technical Series) 1944; 5:239-292.
  • This taxon name is occasionally misprinted in some sources as: "Kytocossus".

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 3
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 3
Total number of child taxa: 4

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Kytococcus aerolatus corrig. Kämpfer et al. 2009	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Kytococcus peptidovorans Kämpfer et al. 2009	orthographic variant	misspelling
    Kytococcus schroeteri Becker et al. 2002	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Kytococcus sedentarius (ZoBell and Upham 1944) Stackebrandt et al. 1995	validly published under the ICNP	correct name

Parent taxon: Kytococcaceae Nouioui et al. 2018

Assigned by: Nouioui I, Carro L, García-López L, Meier-Kolthoff JP, et al. Genome-based taxonomic classication of the phylum Actinobacteria. Front Microbiol 2007; 2018:9.

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