Genus Oenococcus

Name: Oenococcus Dicks et al. 1995

Category, proposed as: genus, gen. nov.

Etymology: Oe.no.coc’cus. Gr. masc. n. oînos, wine; N.L. masc. n. coccus, berry; from Gr. masc. n. kokkos, grain; N.L. masc. n. Oenococcus, coccus from wine

Gender, pronunciation (Latin): masculine (stem: Oenococc-), o͡e-no-KOK-kus

Type species: Oenococcus oeni (Garvie 1967) Dicks et al. 1995

Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Dicks LM, Dellaglio F, Collins MD. Proposal to reclassify Leuconostoc oenos as Oenococcus oeni [corrig.] gen. nov., comb. nov.. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1995; 45:395-397. 🇬🇧

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 45, part 2 of the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1995; 45:621.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Emendations:
  • Endo and Okada 2006 Endo A, Okada S. Oenococcus kitaharae sp. nov., a non-acidophilic and non-malolactic-fermenting oenococcus isolated from a composting distilled shochu residue. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006; 56:2345-2348. 🇯🇵 Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 56, part 10 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007; 57:2-3.
    Notes:
    • ⊕ Emendation accompanied by the proposal of 1 new species in the genus.
  • Bello et al. 2022 Bello S, Rudra B, Gupta RS. Phylogenomic and comparative genomic analyses of Leuconostocaceae species: identification of molecular signatures specific for the genera Leuconostoc, Fructobacillus and Oenococcus and proposal for a novel genus Periweissella gen. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2022; 72:5284. 🇨🇦 Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 72, part 3 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2022; 72:5393.

• Notes:
  • 🧕 De Vos et al. (2009) assigned this genus to the family Leuconostocaceae Schleifer 2010. Publication: Schleifer K-H. Family V. Leuconostocaceae fam. nov. In: De Vos P, Garrity GM, Jones D, Krieg NR, Ludwig W, Rainey FA, K.-H. S, Whitman WB (eds), Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, 2nd edn, vol. 3 (The Firmicutes), Springer, New York, 2009, p. 624. 🇧🇪
  • 🚋 The type species of this genus has alternatively been placed in the genus Leuconostoc van Tieghem 1878 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: Garvie EI. Leuconostoc oenos sp.nov. J Gen Microbiol 1967; 48:431-438.
  • 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Nenococcus"; "Oenoccocus"; "Oenococus"; "Oeonococcus"; "Venococcus"; "Yenococcus".
  • 🧔 This taxon was discussed in a meeting of a Taxonomic Subcommittee of the ICSP. Publication: Klein G. International Committee on Systematic Bacteriology. Subcommittee on the taxonomy of Bifidobacterium, Lactobacillus and related organisms. Minutes of the meetings, 22 and 23 September 1999, Veldhoven, The Netherlands. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol. 2001; 51:259-261.
  • 🧬 The phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is 0.00260 (N = 4).
  • 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: DSM: 3; LMG: 2; JCM: 2; CCUG: 2; NBRC: 1; ATCC: 1; CBAS: 1; CIP: 1; NCIMB: 1; NRRL: 1.
  • 😷 The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "Animal classification RG: 1 - Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No - Containment level: Containment Level 1". — If in doubt, use the risk group given in the regulations for your country and, if these are not available, use the risk group given in the catalogue of the culture collection from which you have obtained or intend to obtain the strain.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 4
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 4
Total number of child taxa: 5

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Oenococcus alcoholitolerans Badotti et al. 2015	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Candidatus Oenococcus aquikefiri" Verce et al. 2019	not validly published	pro-correct name
    Oenococcus kitaharae Endo and Okada 2006	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Oenococcus oeni (Garvie 1967) Dicks et al. 1995	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Oenococcus sicerae Cousin et al. 2025	validly published under the ICNP	correct name

Parent taxon: Lactobacillaceae Winslow et al. 1917 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Zheng J, Wittouck S, Salvetti E, Franz CMAP, Harris HMB, Mattarelli P, O'Toole PW, Pot B, Vandamme P, Walter J, et al. A taxonomic note on the genus Lactobacillus: Description of 23 novel genera, emended description of the genus Lactobacillus Beijerinck 1901, and union of Lactobacillaceae and Leuconostocaceae. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:2782-2858. 🇮🇹

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