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Genus Neptunicoccus
Name: Neptunicoccus Zhang et al. 2018
Etymology: Nep.tu.ni.coc.cus. L. masc. n. Neptunus, god of the sea; N.L. masc. n. coccus, coccus; from Gr. masc. n. kokkos, grain, seed; N.L. masc. n. Neptunicoccus, a coccus from the sea
Gender: masculine (stem: Neptunicocc-)
Type species: Neptunicoccus sediminis Zhang et al. 2018
Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS
Valid publication:
Zhang YJ, Liu XF, Kuang BZ, Zhang XY, Zhou MY, Chen S. Neptunicoccus sediminis gen. nov., sp. nov., a member of the family Rhodobacteraceae isolated from the Yellow Sea. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2018; 68:1702-1706. 
IJSEM list:
Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 68, part 5 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2018; 68:2413-2415.
Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP
Taxonomic status: correct name
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Notes:
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🧕 Zhang et al. (2018) assigned this genus to the family Rhodobacteraceae Garrity et al. 2006.
Publication:
Zhang YJ, Liu XF, Kuang BZ, Zhang XY, Zhou MY, Chen S. Neptunicoccus sediminis gen. nov., sp. nov., a member of the family Rhodobacteraceae isolated from the Yellow Sea. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2018; 68:1702-1706.
- 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: KCTC: 2; CCTCC: 1; CGMCC: 1; MCCC: 1; NBRC: 1.
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🧕 Zhang et al. (2018) assigned this genus to the family Rhodobacteraceae Garrity et al. 2006.
Publication:
Zhang YJ, Liu XF, Kuang BZ, Zhang XY, Zhou MY, Chen S. Neptunicoccus sediminis gen. nov., sp. nov., a member of the family Rhodobacteraceae isolated from the Yellow Sea. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2018; 68:1702-1706.
Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 1
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 Neptunicoccus cionae (Wang et al. 2017) Huang et al. 2024 validly published under the ICNP synonym Neptunicoccus sediminis Zhang et al. 2018 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: 520374
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