Name: Muricoccus Kämpfer et al. 2003

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Mu.ri.coc’cus. L. fem. n. mura, wall (same stem as mus); Gr. masc. n. kokkos, a grain or berry; N.L. masc. n. Muricoccus, coccus from the wall

Gender, pronunciation (Latin): masculine (stem: Muricocc-), mu-ri-KOK-kus

Type species: Muricoccus roseus Kämpfer et al. 2003

Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

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

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Pararoseomonas Rai et al. 2022	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP, illegitimate name

• Emendations:
  • Liu and Xin 2024 Liu Q, Xin YH. Sabulicella glaciei sp. nov., Isolated from Glacier, and Reclassification of Roseomonas rubea, Roseomonas ponticola and Roseomonas oleicola as Neoroseomonas rubea comb. nov., Falsiroseomonas ponticola comb. nov. and Falsiroseomonas oleicola comb. nov. Curr Microbiol 2024; 81:345. 🇨🇳 Oren A, Göker M. List of changes in taxonomic opinion no. 41. Notification of changes in taxonomic opinion previously published outside the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2025; 75:6561.
    Notes:
    • ⊕ Emendation accompanied by the proposal of 7 new species in the genus.

• Notes:
  • 🚋 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. 🇪🇸
  • 🚋 The type species of this genus has alternatively been placed in the genus Pararoseomonas Rai et al. 2022. 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 (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Muricocccus".
  • 🧬 The phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is 0.03674 (N = 8).
  • 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: DSM: 5; KCTC: 3; KACC: 3; CPCC: 2; CIP: 2; JCM: 2; NBRC: 2; LMG: 1; KEMB: 1; CCM: 1.
  • 🧍 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.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 8
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 8
Total number of child taxa: 8

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Muricoccus aeriglobus (Lee and Jeon 2018) Liu and Xin 2025	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Muricoccus aerilatus (Yoo et al. 2008) Liu and Xin 2025	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Muricoccus harenae (Deng et al. 2020) Liu and Xin 2025	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Muricoccus nepalensis (Chaudhary and Kim 2017) Liu and Xin 2025	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Muricoccus pecuniae (Lopes et al. 2011) Liu and Xin 2025	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Muricoccus radiodurans (Kim et al. 2018) Liu and Xin 2025	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Muricoccus roseus Kämpfer et al. 2003	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Muricoccus vinaceus (Zhang et al. 2008) Liu and Xin 2025	validly published under the ICNP	correct name

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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