Genus Paracoccus

Name: Paracoccus Davis 1969 (Approved Lists 1980)

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Pa.ra.coc’cus. Gr. prep. para, alongside of, resembling; N.L. masc. n. coccus, a grain, berry; from Gr. masc. n. kokkos, grain; N.L. masc. n. Paracoccus, like a coccus

Gender: masculine (stem: Paracocc-)

Type species: Paracoccus denitrificans (Beijerinck and Minkman 1910) Davis 1969 (Approved Lists 1980)

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Davis DH, Doudoroff M, Stanier RY, Mandel M. Proposal to reject the genus Hydrogenomonas: taxonomic implications. International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology 1969; 19:375-390.

IJSEM list: Skerman VBD, McGowan V, Sneath PHA. Approved lists of bacterial names. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1980; 30:225-420.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 85
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 87
Total number of child taxa: 106

Parent taxon: Paracoccaceae Liang et al. 2022

Assigned by: Goker M. Filling the gaps: missing taxon names at the ranks of class, order and family. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2022; 72:5638.

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Record number: 516256
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