Genus Melisococcus

Name: Melisococcus Bailey and Collins 1983

Category, proposed as: genus, gen. nov.

Type species: Melisococcus plutonis (ex White 1912) Bailey and Collins 1983

Effective publication: Bailey L, Collins MD. Reclassification of "Streptococcus pluton" (White) in a new genus Melissococcus as Melissococcus pluton nom. rev.; comb. nov. J. Appl. Bacteriol. 1982; 53:215-217. 🇬🇧

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Validation list no. 11. Validation of publication of new names and new combinations previously effectively published outside the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1983; 33:672-674.

Nomenclatural status: inaccurate spelling

Taxonomic status: misspelling

Correct name: Melissococcus corrig. Bailey and Collins 1983

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Melissococcus corrig. Bailey and Collins 1983	corrected spelling of name, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Meliscococcus"; "Melissocccus".
  • 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: CIP: 2; LMG: 2; ATCC: 2; NCIMB: 2.
  • 🧍 Pittman et al. (1991) suggested the abbreviation "MSCO" 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.
  • 🧍 Should read MELISSOCOCCUS in Validation List No. 11. Publication: Anonymous. Validation list no. 11. Validation of publication of new names and new combinations previously effectively published outside the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1983; 33:672-674.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 0
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 0
Total number of child taxa: 2

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Melisococcus plutonis (ex White 1912) Bailey and Collins 1983	inaccurate spelling	misspelling
    Melisococcus plutonius (ex White 1912) Bailey and Collins 1983	inaccurate spelling	misspelling

Parent taxon: Enterococcaceae Ludwig et al. 2010

Assigned by: Ludwig W, Schleifer K-H, Whitman WB. Family IV. Enterococcaceae fam. 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. 594. 🇧🇪

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