Name: Oceanococcus Li et al. 2014

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: O.ce.a.no.coc’cus. Gr. masc. n. Ôkeanos, ocean; N.L. masc. n. coccus, a grain or berry; from Gr. masc. n. kokkos, grain; N.L. masc. n. Oceanococcus, a coccus from the ocean

Gender: masculine (stem: Oceanococc-)

Type species: Oceanococcus atlanticus Li et al. 2014

Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Li G, Lai Q, Liu X, Sun F, Du Y, Li G, Shao Z. Maricoccus atlantica gen. nov. sp. nov., isolated from deep sea sediment of the Atlantic Ocean. [Erratum to: Antonie van Leeuwenhoek 104, 1073–1081]. Antonie van Leeuwenhoek 2014; 105:439.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Validation list no. 157. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2014; 64:1455-1458.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    "Maricoccus" Li et al. 2013	homotypic synonym, not validly published

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the family Oceanococcaceae Chuvochina et al. 2024. Publication: Chuvochina M, Mussig AJ, Chaumeil PA, Skarshewski A, Rinke C, Parks DH, Hugenholtz P. Proposal of names for 329 higher rank taxa defined in the Genome Taxonomy Database under two prokaryotic codes. FEMS Microbiol Lett 2023; 0:0.
  • 🧕 Chuvochina et al. (2023) assigned this genus to the family Oceanococcaceae Chuvochina et al. 2024. Publication: Chuvochina M, Mussig AJ, Chaumeil PA, Skarshewski A, Rinke C, Parks DH, Hugenholtz P. Proposal of names for 329 higher rank taxa defined in the Genome Taxonomy Database under two prokaryotic codes. FEMS Microbiol Lett 2023; 0:0.
  • 🚋 The type species of this genus has alternatively been placed in the genus "Maricoccus" Li et al. 2013. Publication: Li G, Lai Q, Liu X, Sun F, Du Y, Li G, Shao Z. Maricoccus atlantica gen. nov. sp. nov., isolated from deep sea sediment of the Atlantic Ocean. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek 2013; 104:1073-1081.
  • 🧬 The phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is 0.02360 (N = 3).
  • 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: LMG: 1; MCCC: 1; CGMCC: 1.
  • 🧍 Replaces the illegitimate genus name name in the effective publication, Maricoccus (sic), has been corrected by an erratum. — 🧍 The name proposed in the paper could not be validated as it is a later homonym of the isopod genus name Maricoccus Poore, 1994. It was subsequently changed to Oceanococcus atlanticus in an erratum. Publication: Li G, Lai Q, Liu X, Sun F, Du Y, Li G, Shao Z. Maricoccus atlantica gen. nov. sp. nov., isolated from deep sea sediment of the Atlantic Ocean. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek 2013; 104:1073-1081.

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
    Oceanococcus atlanticus Li et al. 2014	validly published under the ICNP	correct name

Parent taxon: Ectothiorhodospiraceae Imhoff 1984

Assigned by: Li G, Lai Q, Liu X, Sun F, Du Y, Li G, Shao Z. Maricoccus atlantica gen. nov. sp. nov., isolated from deep sea sediment of the Atlantic Ocean. [Erratum to: Antonie van Leeuwenhoek 104, 1073–1081]. Antonie van Leeuwenhoek 2014; 105:439.

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