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Genus Melissococcus
Name: Melissococcus corrig. Bailey and Collins 1983
Etymology: Me.lis.so.coc’cus. Gr. fem. n. melissa, bee; N.L. masc. n. coccus, coccus; from Gr. masc. n. kokkos, grain, seed; N.L. masc. n. Melissococcus, coccus of the (honey) bee
Gender, pronunciation: masculine (stem: Melissococc-), me-lis-so-KOK-kus
Type species: Melissococcus plutonius corrig. (ex White 1912) Bailey and Collins 1983
Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS
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: validly published under the ICNP
Taxonomic status: correct name
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Synonyms:
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Name Kind Melisococcus Bailey and Collins 1983 other spelling of name, inaccurate spelling
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Notes:
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🚋 The type species of this genus has alternatively been placed in the genus Melisococcus Bailey and Collins 1983.
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.
- 🧬 The phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is 0.09677 (N = 4).
- 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: LMG: 2; NCIMB: 2; CIP: 2; ATCC: 2.
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🧍 Misspelled MELISOCOCCUS 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.
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🧍 On the Validation List no. 11, this name is incorrectly cited as Melisococcus (sic).
Publication:
Euzeby JP, Kudo T. Corrigenda to the validation lists. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2001; 51:1933-1938.
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🚋 The type species of this genus has alternatively been placed in the genus Melisococcus Bailey and Collins 1983.
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.
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: 2
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Child taxa:
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Name Nomenclatural status Taxonomic status Melissococcus pluton (ex White 1912) Bailey and Collins 1983 inaccurate spelling misspelling Melissococcus plutonius corrig. (ex White 1912) Bailey and Collins 1983 validly published under the ICNP correct name
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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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