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Genus Marinococcus
Name: Marinococcus Hao et al. 1985
Etymology: Ma.ri.no.coc’cus. L. masc. adj. marinus, marine; N.L. masc. n. coccus, a grain or berry; from Gr. masc. n. kokkos, grain; N.L. masc. n. Marinococcus, marine coccus
Gender, pronunciation: masculine (stem: Marinococc-), ma-ri-no-KOK-kus
Type species: Marinococcus halophilus (Novitsky and Kushner 1976) Hao et al. 1985
Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS
Effective publication:
Hao MV, Kocur M, Komagata K. Marinococcus gen. nov., a new genus for motile cocci with meso-diaminopimelic acid in the cell wall; and Marinococcus albus sp. nov. and Marinococcus halophilus (Novitsky and Kushner) comb. nov. J. Gen. Appl. Microbiol. 1984; 30:449-459. 
IJSEM list:
Anonymous. Validation list no. 19. Validation of publication of new names and new combinations previously effectively published outside the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1985; 35:535.
Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP
Taxonomic status: correct name
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Emendations:
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Wang et al. 2009
Wang Y, Cao LL, Tang SK, Lou K, Mao PH, Jin X, Jiang CL, Xu LH, Li WJ. Marinococcus luteus sp. nov., a halotolerant bacterium isolated from a salt lake, and emended description of the genus Marinococcus. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009; 59:2875-2879.
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Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 59, part 11 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2010; 60:269-270.
Notes:- ⊕ Emendation accompanied by the proposal of 1 new species in the genus.
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Wang et al. 2009
Wang Y, Cao LL, Tang SK, Lou K, Mao PH, Jin X, Jiang CL, Xu LH, Li WJ. Marinococcus luteus sp. nov., a halotolerant bacterium isolated from a salt lake, and emended description of the genus Marinococcus. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009; 59:2875-2879.
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Notes:
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🥇 Nomenclatural type of the family Marinococcaceae Chuvochina et al. 2024.
Publication:
Chuvochina M, Mussig AJ, Chaumeil PA, Skarshewski A, Rinke C, Parks DH, Hugenholtz P. Proposal of names for 329 higher rank taxa defined in the Genome Taxonomy Database under two prokaryotic codes. FEMS Microbiol Lett 2023; 0:0. 🇦🇺
- 🧕 Boone et al. (2001) assigned this genus to the family "Sporolactobacillaceae". 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. 🇺🇸
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🧕 Chuvochina et al. (2023) assigned this genus to the family Marinococcaceae Chuvochina et al. 2024.
Publication:
Chuvochina M, Mussig AJ, Chaumeil PA, Skarshewski A, Rinke C, Parks DH, Hugenholtz P. Proposal of names for 329 higher rank taxa defined in the Genome Taxonomy Database under two prokaryotic codes. FEMS Microbiol Lett 2023; 0:0. 🇦🇺
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🧕 Li et al. (2024) assigned this genus to the family Marinococcaceae Chuvochina et al. 2024.
Publication:
Li Y, Zhang D, Bo D, Peng D, Sun M, Zheng J. A taxonomic note on the order Caryophanales: description of 12 novel families and emended description of 21 families. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2024; 74:6539. 🇨🇳
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🚋 The type species of this genus has alternatively been placed in the genus Planococcus Migula 1894 (Approved Lists 1980).
Publication:
Novitsky TJ, Kushner DJ. Planococcus halophilus sp. nov. a facultatively halophilic coccus. International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology 1976; 26:53-57.
- 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Marinoeoeeus"; "Marznococcus"; "Mnrinococcits"; "Murinococcus".
- 💁 Taxonomists who have recently focused on this group are the corresponding authors of Ventosa et al. (1992), Wang et al. (2009). Editors in search of reviewers are advised to consider additional criteria such as whether a taxon is covered by one of the ICSP subcommittees.
- 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: DSM: 6; LMG: 4; JCM: 3; CIP: 3; CCM: 3; ATCC: 3; KCTC: 3; NBRC: 2; VKM: 2; IAM: 2.
- 😷 The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "Animal classification RG: 1 - Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No - Containment level: Containment Level 1". — If in doubt, use the risk group given in the regulations for your country and, if these are not available, use the risk group given in the catalogue of the culture collection from which you have obtained or intend to obtain the strain.
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🧍 Pittman et al. (1991) suggested the abbreviation "MNCO" for this genus name but this does not appear to be of practical relevance any longer.
Publication:
Pittman KF, Walczak CA, Lock CM. Codes and abbreviations for approved of effectively published names of genera of bacteria published from January 1980 to December 1990. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1991; 41:571-579.
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🥇 Nomenclatural type of the family Marinococcaceae Chuvochina et al. 2024.
Publication:
Chuvochina M, Mussig AJ, Chaumeil PA, Skarshewski A, Rinke C, Parks DH, Hugenholtz P. Proposal of names for 329 higher rank taxa defined in the Genome Taxonomy Database under two prokaryotic codes. FEMS Microbiol Lett 2023; 0:0.
Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 5
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 7
Total number of child taxa: 7
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Child taxa:
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Name Nomenclatural status Taxonomic status Marinococcus albus Hao et al. 1985 validly published under the ICNP synonym Marinococcus halophilus (Novitsky and Kushner 1976) Hao et al. 1985 validly published under the ICNP correct name Marinococcus halotolerans Li et al. 2005 validly published under the ICNP correct name Marinococcus hispanicus Márquez et al. 1990 validly published under the ICNP synonym Marinococcus luteus Wang et al. 2009 validly published under the ICNP correct name Marinococcus salis Reddy et al. 2017 validly published under the ICNP correct name Marinococcus tarijensis Balderrama-Subieta et al. 2013 validly published under the ICNP correct name
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Parent taxon: Bacillaceae Fischer 1895 (Approved Lists 1980)
Assigned by: Ludwig W, Schleifer K-H, Whitman WB. Class I. Bacilli class nov. In: De Vos P, Garrity GM, Jones D, Krieg NR, Ludwig W, Rainey FA, K.-H. S, Whitman WB (eds), Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, 2nd edn, vol. 3 (The Firmicutes), Springer, New York, 2009, p. 19-20. 🇧🇪
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