Name: Kytococcus Stackebrandt et al. 1995
Etymology: Ky.to.coc.cus. Gr. neut. n. kytos, skin (sic); N.L. masc. n. coccus, coccus; from Gr. masc. n. kokkos, grain, seed; N.L. masc. n. Kytococcus, a coccus from skin
Gender: masculine (stem: Kytococc-)
Type species: Kytococcus sedentarius (ZoBell and Upham 1944) 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
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: 3
Name | Nomenclatural status | Taxonomic status |
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Kytococcus aerolatus Kämpfer et al. 2009 | validly published under the ICNP | correct name |
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, 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.
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Record number: 515905