Name: Lolliginicoccus Miyanishi et al. 2023

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Lol.li.gi.ni.coc’cus. L. fem. n. lolligo, a squid; N.L. masc. n. coccus, coccus; from Gr. masc. n. kokkos, grain, seed; N.L. masc. n. Lolliginicoccus, a squid (brain attached) coccus

Gender, pronunciation (Latin): masculine (stem: Lolliginicocc-), lol-li-gi-ni-KOK-kus

Type species: Lolliginicoccus suaedae (Liu et al. 2021) Miyanishi et al. 2023

Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Miyanishi M, Hamada M, Taniguchi T, Enomoto N, Oota T, Teramoto M. Lolliginicoccus levis gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel bacterium isolated from the brain of the Chiroteuthis picteti squid, and reclassification of two Hoyosella species as Lolliginicoccus suaedae comb. nov. and Lolliginicoccus lacisalsi comb. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2023; 73:5788. 🇯🇵

IJSEM list: Oren A, Göker M. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 73, part 4 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2023; 73:5937.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Notes:
  • 🧕 Miyanishi et al. (2023) assigned this genus to the family Hoyosellaceae Salam et al. 2020. Publication: Miyanishi M, Hamada M, Taniguchi T, Enomoto N, Oota T, Teramoto M. Lolliginicoccus levis gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel bacterium isolated from the brain of the Chiroteuthis picteti squid, and reclassification of two Hoyosella species as Lolliginicoccus suaedae comb. nov. and Lolliginicoccus lacisalsi comb. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2023; 73:5788. 🇯🇵
  • 🚋 The type species of this genus has alternatively been placed in the genus Hoyosella Jurado et al. 2009. Publication: Liu DF, Chen SQ, Wang HF, Xie YG, Gao R, Song JQ, Gao YL, Xiao M, Li QL, Li WJ. Hoyosella suaedae sp. nov., a novel bacterium isolated from rhizosphere soil of Suaeda aralocaspica (Bunge) Freitag & Schutze. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2021; 71:5117. 🇨🇳
  • 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Lolliginicocus".
  • 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: KCTC: 2; CGMCC: 2; NBRC: 1; JCM: 1; DSM: 1.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 2
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 3
Total number of child taxa: 3

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Lolliginicoccus lacisalsi (Yang et al. 2021) Miyanishi et al. 2023	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Lolliginicoccus levis Miyanishi et al. 2023	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Lolliginicoccus suaedae (Liu et al. 2021) Miyanishi et al. 2023	validly published under the ICNP	correct name

Parent taxon: Nocardiaceae Castellani and Chalmers 1919 (Approved Lists 1980)

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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