Name: Pedococcus Nouioui et al. 2018

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Gr. n. pedon, the ground, earth; M.L. masc. n. coccus, a grain or berry; from Gr. masc. n. kokkos; N.L. masc. n. Pedococcus, coccus from soil

Type species: Pedococcus dokdonensis (Yoon et al. 2008) Nouioui et al. 2018

Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS

Effective publication: Nouioui I, Carro L, Garcia-Lopez M, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Woyke T, Kyrpides NC, Pukall R, Klenk HP, Goodfellow M, Goker M. Genome-Based Taxonomic Classification of the Phylum Actinobacteria. Front Microbiol 2018; 9:2007.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Validation list no. 184. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2018; 68:3379-3393.

Nomenclatural status: validly published

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Notes:
  • The type species of this genus has alternatively been placed in the genus Phycicoccus Lee 2006. Publication: Yoon JH, Lee SY, Kang SJ, Oh TK. Phycicoccus dokdonensis sp. nov., isolated from soil. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008; 58:597-600.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 7
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 7
Total number of child taxa: 7

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Pedococcus aerophilus (Weon et al. 2008) Nouioui et al. 2018	validly published	correct name
    Pedococcus badiiscoriae (Lee 2013) Nouioui et al. 2018	validly published	correct name
    Pedococcus bigeumensis (Dastager et al. 2008) Nouioui et al. 2018	validly published	correct name
    Pedococcus cremeus (Zhang et al. 2011) Nouioui et al. 2018	validly published	correct name
    Pedococcus dokdonensis (Yoon et al. 2008) Nouioui et al. 2018	validly published	correct name
    Pedococcus ginsenosidimutans (Wang et al. 2011) Nouioui et al. 2018	validly published	correct name
    Pedococcus soli (Singh et al. 2015) Nouioui et al. 2018	validly published	correct name

Parent taxon: Intrasporangiaceae Rainey et al. 1997

Assigned by: Nouioui I, Carro L, García-López L, Meier-Kolthoff JP, et al. Genome-based taxonomic classication of the phylum Actinobacteria. Front Microbiol 2007; 2018:9.

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