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Genus Lichenicoccus
Name: Lichenicoccus Pankratov et al. 2020
Etymology: Li.che.ni.coc’cus. L. masc. n. lichen, a lichen; N.L. masc. n. coccus, a grain, a seed; from Gr. masc. n. kokkos, grain; N.L. masc. n. Lichenicoccus, a lichen-inhabiting coccoid bacterium
Gender, pronunciation: masculine (stem: Lichenicocc-), li-khe-ni-KOK-kus
Type species: Lichenicoccus roseus Pankratov et al. 2020
Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS
Valid publication:
Pankratov TA, Grouzdev DS, Patutina EO, Kolganova TV, Berestovskaya JJ, Ashikhmin AA. Lichenicoccus roseus gen. nov., sp. nov., the first bacteriochlorophyll a-containing, psychrophilic and acidophilic Acetobacteraceae bacteriobiont of lichen Cladonia species. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:4591-4601. 
IJSEM list:
Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 70, part 8 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:5602-5608.
Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP
Taxonomic status: correct name
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Notes:
- 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Lichennicoccus".
- 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: VKM: 1; KCTC: 1.
Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 1
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 1
Total number of child taxa: 1
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Child taxa:
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Name Nomenclatural status Taxonomic status Lichenicoccus roseus Pankratov et al. 2020 validly published under the ICNP correct name
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Parent taxon: Acetobacteraceae (ex Henrici 1939) Gillis and De Ley 1980
Assigned by:
Pankratov TA, Grouzdev DS, Patutina EO, Kolganova TV, Berestovskaya JJ, Ashikhmin AA. Lichenicoccus roseus gen. nov., sp. nov., the first bacteriochlorophyll a-containing, psychrophilic and acidophilic Acetobacteraceae bacteriobiont of lichen Cladonia species. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:4591-4601.
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Record number: 8765
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