Genus Muricoccus
Name: Muricoccus Kämpfer et al. 2003
Etymology: Mu.ri.coc’cus. Gr. n. mura, wall; Gr. masc. n. kokkos, a grain or berry; N.L. masc. n. Muricoccus, coccus from the wall
Type species: Muricoccus roseus Kämpfer et al. 2003
Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS
Effective publication:
Kampfer P, Andersson MA, Jackel U, Salkinoja-Salonen M. Teichococcus ludipueritiae gen. nov. sp. nov., and Muricoccus roseus gen. nov. sp. nov. representing two new genera of the alpha-1 subclass of the Proteobacteria. Syst Appl Microbiol 2003; 26:23-29. 
IJSEM list:
Euzeby JP. Validation list no. 92. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2003; 53:935-937. 
Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP
Taxonomic status: correct name
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Synonyms:
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Name Kind "Pararoseomonas" Rai et al. 2021 homotypic synonym, not validly published
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Notes:
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The type species of this genus has alternatively been placed in the genus Roseomonas Rihs et al. 1998.
Publication:
Sanchez-Porro C, Gallego V, Busse HJ, Kampfer P, Ventosa A. Transfer of Teichococcus ludipueritiae and Muricoccus roseus to the genus Roseomonas, as Roseomonas ludipueritiae comb. nov. and Roseomonas rosea comb. nov., respectively, and emended description of the genus Roseomonas. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009; 59:1193-1198.
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The type species of this genus has alternatively been placed in the genus "Pararoseomonas" Rai et al. 2021.
Publication:
Rai A, Jagadeeshwari U, Deepshikha G, Smita N, Sasikala C, Ramana CV. Phylotaxogenomics for the Reappraisal of the Genus Roseomonas With the Creation of Six New Genera. Front Microbiol 2021; 12:677842.
- This taxon name is occasionally misprinted in some sources as: "Muricocccus".
- The phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is 0.05108 (N = 4).
- The etymology cited in the effective publication (Gr. n. mura, wall; Gr. N. kokkos, a grain or berry; masc. n. Muricoccus, coccus from the wall) has been corrected to L. masc. n. murus, wall; Gr. masc. n. kokkos, a grain; N.L. masc. n. Muricoccus, a coccus from a wall. Publication: . Erratum. Syst. Appl. Microbiol. 2003; 26:319.
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The type species of this genus has alternatively been placed in the genus Roseomonas Rihs et al. 1998.
Publication:
Sanchez-Porro C, Gallego V, Busse HJ, Kampfer P, Ventosa A. Transfer of Teichococcus ludipueritiae and Muricoccus roseus to the genus Roseomonas, as Roseomonas ludipueritiae comb. nov. and Roseomonas rosea comb. nov., respectively, and emended description of the genus Roseomonas. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009; 59:1193-1198.
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
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Child taxa:
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Name Nomenclatural status Taxonomic status Muricoccus roseus Kämpfer et al. 2003 validly published under the ICNP correct name
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Parent taxon: Acetobacteraceae (ex Henrici 1939) Gillis and De Ley 1980
Assigned by:
Kampfer P, Andersson MA, Jackel U, Salkinoja-Salonen M. Teichococcus ludipueritiae gen. nov. sp. nov., and Muricoccus roseus gen. nov. sp. nov. representing two new genera of the alpha-1 subclass of the Proteobacteria. Syst Appl Microbiol 2003; 26:23-29.
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Record number: 516131