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Genus Mongoliicoccus
Name: Mongoliicoccus Liu et al. 2012
Etymology: Mon.go.li.i.coc’cus. N.L. fem. n. Mongolia, Mongolia; N.L. masc. n. coccus, coccus; from Gr. masc. n. kokkos, grain; N.L. masc. n. Mongoliicoccus, a coccus from Mongolia, referring to the isolation of the type strain from the Mongolia Plateau
Gender, pronunciation: masculine (stem: Mongoliicocc-), mon-go-li-i-KOK-kus
Type species: Mongoliicoccus roseus Liu et al. 2012
Valid publication:
Liu YP, Wang YX, Li YX, Feng FY, Liu HR, Wang J. Mongoliicoccus roseus gen. nov., sp. nov., an alkaliphilic bacterium isolated from a haloalkaline lake. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2012; 62:2206-2212. 
IJSEM list:
Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 62, part 9 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2012; 62:2813-2814.
Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP
Taxonomic status: correct name
Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 2
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 2
Total number of child taxa: 2
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Child taxa:
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Name Nomenclatural status Taxonomic status Mongoliicoccus alkaliphilus Subhash et al. 2013 validly published under the ICNP correct name Mongoliicoccus roseus Liu et al. 2012 validly published under the ICNP correct name
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Parent taxon: Cyclobacteriaceae Nedashkovskaya and Ludwig 2012
Assigned by:
Liu YP, Wang YX, Li YX, Feng FY, Liu HR, Wang J. Mongoliicoccus roseus gen. nov., sp. nov., an alkaliphilic bacterium isolated from a haloalkaline lake. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2012; 62:2206-2212.
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Record number: 518249
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