Name: Microaceticoccus Cheng et al. 2025

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Mi.cro.a.ce.ti.coc’cus. Gr. masc. adj. mikros, small (may keep -o); L. neut. n. acetum, vinegar; N.L. masc. n. coccus, a coccus; from Gr. masc. n. kokkos, a grain; N.L. masc. n. Microaceticoccus, a small acetic acid forming coccus

Gender, pronunciation (Latin): masculine (stem: Microaceticocc-), mi-kro-a-ke-ti-KOK-kus

Type species: Microaceticoccus formicicus Cheng et al. 2025

Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Cheng G, Schnurer A, Westerholm M. Microaceticoccus formicicus gen. nov., sp. nov., an ammonia-tolerant formate-utilizing bacterium originating from a biogas process. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2025; 75:6773. 🇸🇪

IJSEM list: Oren A, Göker M. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 75, part 5 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2025; 75:6824.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Notes:
  • 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: DSM: 1; JCM: 1.

Subdivision:

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: 1

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Microaceticoccus formicicus Cheng et al. 2025	validly published under the ICNP	correct name

Parent taxon: Peptoniphilaceae Johnson et al. 2014

Assigned by: Cheng G, Schnurer A, Westerholm M. Microaceticoccus formicicus gen. nov., sp. nov., an ammonia-tolerant formate-utilizing bacterium originating from a biogas process. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2025; 75:6773. 🇸🇪

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