Name: Lacicoccus Bello et al. 2024

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: La.ci.coc’cus. L. gen. masc. n. lacus, a lake; N.L. masc. n. coccus, a grain or berry; from Gr. masc. n. kokkos, grain; N.L. masc. n. Lacicoccus, coccus shaped bacterium isolated from lake water

Gender, pronunciation (Latin): masculine (stem: Lacicocc-), la-ki-KOK-kus

Type species: Lacicoccus alkaliphilus (Zhang et al. 2002) Bello et al. 2024

Effective publication: Bello S, Mudassir SH, Rudra B, Gupta RS. Phylogenomic and molecular markers based studies on Staphylococcaceae and Gemella species. Proposals for an emended family Staphylococcaceae and three new families (Abyssicoccaceae fam. nov., Salinicoccaceae fam. nov. and Gemellaceae fam. nov.) harboring four new genera, Lacicoccus gen. nov., Macrococcoides gen. nov., Gemelliphila gen. nov., and Phocicoccus gen. nov. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek 2023; 116:937-973. 🇨🇦

IJSEM list: Oren A, Göker M. Validation list no. 215. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2024; 74:6173.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Salinicoccus Ventosa et al. 1990

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Salinicoccus Ventosa et al. 1990	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • 🧕 Bello et al. (2023) assigned this genus to the family Salinicoccaceae Chuvochina et al. 2024. Publication: Bello S, Mudassir SH, Rudra B, Gupta RS. Phylogenomic and molecular markers based studies on Staphylococcaceae and Gemella species. Proposals for an emended family Staphylococcaceae and three new families (Abyssicoccaceae fam. nov., Salinicoccaceae fam. nov. and Gemellaceae fam. nov.) harboring four new genera, Lacicoccus gen. nov., Macrococcoides gen. nov., Gemelliphila gen. nov., and Phocicoccus gen. nov. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek 2023; 116:937-973. 🇨🇦
  • 🚂 For the type species of this genus another name is in use, which is affiliated with the genus Salinicoccus Ventosa et al. 1990. Publication: Zhang W, Xue Y, Ma Y, Zhou P, Ventosa A, Grant WD. Salinicoccus alkaliphilus sp. nov., a novel alkaliphile and moderate halophile from Baer Soda Lake in Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, China. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2002; 52:789-793. 🇨🇳
  • 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Lacicocccus".
  • ❗ Lacicoccus is the correct name instead if this genus is regarded as a separate genus (i.e., if its nomenclatural type is not assigned to another genus whose name is validly published, legitimate and not rejected and has priority).
  • 🧬 The phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is 0.05340 (N = 10).
  • 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: DSM: 6; CGMCC: 5; LMG: 1; JCM: 1; KCTC: 1.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 0
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 3
Total number of child taxa: 6

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Lacicoccus alkaliphilus (Zhang et al. 2002) Bello et al. 2024	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    "Lacicoccus halitifaciens" (Ramana et al. 2013) Bello et al. 2023	not validly published	synonym
    "Lacicoccus kekensis" (Gao et al. 2010) Bello et al. 2023	not validly published	synonym
    Lacicoccus kunmingensis (Chen et al. 2007) Bello et al. 2024	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Lacicoccus qingdaonensis (Qu et al. 2012) Bello et al. 2024	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    "Lacicoccus salitudinis" (Chen et al. 2008) Bello et al. 2023	not validly published	synonym

Parent taxon: Staphylococcaceae Schleifer and Bell 2010

Assigned by: Freese HM, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Sarda Carbasse J, Afolayan AO, Goker M. TYGS and LPSN in 2025: a Global Core Biodata Resource for genome-based classification and nomenclature of prokaryotes within DSMZ Digital Diversity. Nucleic Acids Res 2026; 54:D884-D891. 🇩🇪

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