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Genus Meridianimarinicoccus
Name: Meridianimarinicoccus Ren et al. 2019
Etymology: Me.ri.di.a.ni.ma.ri.ni.coc’cus. L. masc. adj. meridianus, of or belonging to the south, southern, meridional; L. masc. adj. marinus, of the sea; N.L. masc. n. coccus, a coccus; from Gr. masc. n. kokkos, a grain or berry; N.L. masc. n. Meridianimarinicoccus, a coccus bacterium isolated from the South China Sea
Gender, pronunciation: masculine (stem: Meridianimarinicocc-), me-ri-di-a-ni-ma-ri-ni-KOK-kus
Type species: Meridianimarinicoccus roseus Ren et al. 2019
Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS
Valid publication:
Ren Y, Chen C, Ye Y, Wang R, Han S, Zhao Z, Zhang R, Zhang G, Wu M, Xu J. Meridianimarinicoccus roseus gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel genus of the family Rhodobacteraceae isolated from seawater. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2019; 69:504-510. 
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IJSEM list:
Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 69, part 2 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2019; 69:1251-1252.
Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP
Taxonomic status: correct name
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Synonyms:
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Name Kind Phycocomes Zhu et al. 2019 heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP Fluviibacterium Sun et al. 2020 heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
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Notes:
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🧕 Ren et al. (2019) assigned this genus to the family Rhodobacteraceae Garrity et al. 2006.
Publication:
Ren Y, Chen C, Ye Y, Wang R, Han S, Zhao Z, Zhang R, Zhang G, Wu M, Xu J. Meridianimarinicoccus roseus gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel genus of the family Rhodobacteraceae isolated from seawater. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2019; 69:504-510. 🇨🇳
- 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: KCTC: 4; MCCC: 2; KEMB: 1; CCTCC: 1; JCM: 1; CICC: 1.
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🧕 Ren et al. (2019) assigned this genus to the family Rhodobacteraceae Garrity et al. 2006.
Publication:
Ren Y, Chen C, Ye Y, Wang R, Han S, Zhao Z, Zhang R, Zhang G, Wu M, Xu J. Meridianimarinicoccus roseus gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel genus of the family Rhodobacteraceae isolated from seawater. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2019; 69:504-510.
Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 4
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 4
Total number of child taxa: 4
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Child taxa:
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Name Nomenclatural status Taxonomic status Meridianimarinicoccus aquatilis (Sun et al. 2020) Huang et al. 2024 validly published under the ICNP correct name Meridianimarinicoccus marinus Kang et al. 2025 validly published under the ICNP correct name Meridianimarinicoccus roseus Ren et al. 2019 validly published under the ICNP correct name Meridianimarinicoccus zhengii (Zhu et al. 2019) Huang et al. 2024 validly published under the ICNP correct name
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Parent taxon: Roseobacteraceae Liang et al. 2021
Assigned by:
Parte AC, Sarda Carbasse J, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Reimer LC, Goker M. List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature (LPSN) moves to the DSMZ. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:5607-5612. 🇩🇪
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Record number: 521506
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