Name: Pediococcus Claussen 1903 (Approved Lists 1980)

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Pe.di.o.coc.cus. Gr. neut. n. pedion, a plane surface; N.L. masc. n. coccus, coccus; from Gr. masc. n. kokkos, grain, seed; N.L. masc. n. Pediococcus, coccus growing in one plane

Gender: masculine (stem: Pediococc-)

Type species: Pediococcus damnosus Claussen 1903 (Approved Lists 1980)

Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Claussen NH. Études sur les bactéries dites sarcines et sur les maladies qu'elles provoquent dans la bière. Compte Rendu des Travaux du Laboratoire de Carlsberg 1903; 6:64-83.

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, conserved name

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Notes:
  • Breed et al. (1948) assigned this genus to the family Micrococcaceae Pribram 1929 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: Burkholder WH. Genus I. Pseudomonas Migula. Bacterial plant pathogens. In: Breed RS, Murray EGD, Hitchens AP (eds), Bergey's Manual of Determinative Bacteriology, 6th ed., The Williams & Wilkins Co, Baltimore, 1948, p. 82-150.
  • Breed et al. (1957) assigned this genus to the tribe Streptococceae Trevisan 1889 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: Parker CD. Genus V. Thiobacillus Beijerinck 1904. In: Breed RS, Murray EGD, Smith NR (eds), Bergey's Manual of Determinative Bacteriology, 7th edition, The Williams & Wilkins Co, Baltimore, 1957, p. 83-88.
  • Cavalier-Smith (1981) assigned this genus to the subkingdom "Eubacteria" Cavalier-Smith 1981. Publication: Cavalier-Smith T. Eukaryote kingdoms: seven or nine? Biosystems 1981; 14:461-481.
  • Kluyver and Van Niel (1936) assigned this genus to the tribe "Sarcineae". Publication: Kluyver AJ, Van Niel CB. Prospects for a natural system of classification of bacteria. Zentralblatt für Bakteriologie, Parasitenkunde, Infektionskrankheiten und Hygiene, Abteilung II 1936; 94:369-403.
  • This taxon name is occasionally misprinted in some sources as: "Paddococcus"; "Padiococcus"; "Pccliococcus"; "Pcdiococcus"; "Pecliococcus"; "Pectiococcus"; "Pediacaccus"; "Pediacoccus"; "Pediacoecus"; "Pediccoccus"; "Pedicoccus"; "Pediecoccus"; "Pediocaccus"; "Pedioccocus"; "Pediococccus"; "Pediococcusis"; "Pediococecus"; "Pediococenus"; "Pediococeus"; "Pediocococcus"; "Pediococus"; "Pediocoecus"; "Pediocoocus"; "Pediocuccus"; "Pediucoccus"; "Pepiococcus"; "Pgdiococcus".
  • This taxon was discussed in a meeting of a Taxonomic Subcommittee of the ICSP. Publication: Klein G. International Committee on Systematics of Prokaryotes Subcommittee on the Taxonomy of Bifidobacterium, Lactobacillus and Related Organisms. Minutes of the meetings, 1 and 2 April 2005, Stuttgart-Hohenheim, Germany. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol. 2006; 56:2501-2503.
  • This taxon was discussed in a meeting of a Taxonomic Subcommittee of the ICSP. Publication: Klein G. International Committee on Systematics of Prokaryotes Subcommittee on the Taxonomy of Bifidobacterium, Lactobacillus and Related Organisms: Minutes of the meetings, 30 August and 1 September 2006, Bologna, Italy. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol. 2007; 57:1367-1369.
  • 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.
  • This taxon was discussed in a meeting of a Taxonomic Subcommittee of the ICSP. Publication: Bonaparte C, Klein G. International Committee on Systematics of Prokaryotes. Subcommittee on the taxonomy of Bifidobacterium, Lactobacillus and related organisms. Minutes of the meetings, 31 August 2011, Egmond aan Zee, The Netherlands. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2012; 62:2546-2548.
  • This taxon was discussed in a meeting of a Taxonomic Subcommittee of the ICSP. Publication: Kagermeier-Callaway AS. International Committee on Systematic Bacteriology Subcommittee on the taxonomy of Bifidobacterium, Lactobacillus and related organisms. Minutes of the meetings, 4 and 6 July 1994, Prague, Czech Republic. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2000; 50:1391-1392.
  • This taxon was discussed in a meeting of a Taxonomic Subcommittee of the ICSP. Publication: Mattarelli P, Felis GE, Pot B, Holzapfel WH, Franz CMAP. International Committee on Systematics of Prokaryotes Subcommittee on the Taxonomy of Bifidobacterium, Lactobacillus and related organisms. Minutes of the closed meeting by videoconference, 3 September 2020. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2023; 73:5892.
  • Taxonomists who have recently focused on this group are the corresponding authors of Liu et al. (2006). Editors in search of reviewers are advised to consider additional criteria such as whether a taxon is covered by one of the ICSP subcommittees.
  • The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: DSM: 14; LMG: 12; CCUG: 10; JCM: 10; ATCC: 8; CIP: 8; NCIMB: 7; NBRC: 3; VKM: 3; CGMCC: 2.
  • Pittman et al. (1991) suggested the abbreviation "PDCO" for this genus name but this does not appear to be of practical relevance any longer. Publication: Pittman KF, Walczak CA, Lock CM. Codes and abbreviations for approved of effectively published names of genera of bacteria published from January 1980 to December 1990. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1991; 41:571-579.
  • Conserved name (Judicial Opinion 52; IJSB 26:292). The author should read Claussen 1903 instead of Balcke 1884. Conservation of a name over all earlier homotypic synonyms; for some reason these were also regarded as not being validly published. Later revisions of the Code would not imply the need for the conservation of a name if its counterparts are not validly published. Publication: Judicial Commission. Judicial Opinion No. 52. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1976; 26:292.
  • On the Approved Lists of Bacterial Names and on the amended edition of the Approved Lists of Bacterial Names this nomenclatural name is incorrectly cited as Pediococcus Balcke 1884 (sic). Publication: Skerman VBD, McGowan V, Sneath PHA. Approved lists of bacterial names. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1980; 30:225-420.
  • See also: Publication: Euzeby JP. Necessary corrections according to judicial opinions 16, 48 and 52. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1998; 48:613.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 11
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 15
Total number of child taxa: 18

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Pediococcus acidilactici Lindner 1887 (Approved Lists 1980)	validly published under the ICNP, conserved name	correct name
    "Pediococcus acidophilus" La-ongkhum et al. 2011	not validly published	preferred name (not correct name)
    Pediococcus argentinicus De Bruyne et al. 2008	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Pediococcus cellicola Zhang et al. 2005	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Pediococcus claussenii Dobson et al. 2002	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Pediococcus damnosus Claussen 1903 (Approved Lists 1980)	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Pediococcus dextrinicus (Coster and White 1964) Back 1978 (Approved Lists 1980)	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Pediococcus ethanolidurans Liu et al. 2006	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Pediococcus halophilus Mees 1934 (Approved Lists 1980)	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    "Pediococcus homari" (Hitchner and Snieszko 1947) Deibel and Niven 1960	not validly published	preferred name (not correct name)
    Pediococcus inopinatus Back 1988	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Pediococcus lolii Doi et al. 2009	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Pediococcus parvulus Günther and White 1961 (Approved Lists 1980)	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Pediococcus pentosaceus Mees 1934 (Approved Lists 1980)	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Pediococcus perniciosus" Claussen 1903	not validly published	preferred name (not correct name)
    Pediococcus siamensis Tanasupawat et al. 2007	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Pediococcus stilesii Franz et al. 2006	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Pediococcus urinaeequi (ex Mees 1934) Garvie 1988	validly published under the ICNP	synonym

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

Assigned by: Ludwig W, Schleifer K-H, Whitman WB. Class I. Bacilli class 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. 19-20.

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