Name: Peptococcus Kluyver and van Niel 1936 (Approved Lists 1980)

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Pep.to.coc.cus. Gr. ind. v. peptô, cook, digest; N.L. masc. n. coccus, a grain berry; from Gr. masc. n. kokkos, grain; N.L. masc. n. Peptococcus, the digesting coccus

Gender: masculine (stem: Peptococc-)

Type species: Peptococcus niger (Hall 1930) Kluyver and van Niel 1936 (Approved Lists 1980)

Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Kluyver AJ, Van Niel CB. Prospects for a natural system of classification of bacteria. Zentralblatt fur Bakteriologie, Parasitenkunde, Infektionskrankheiten und Hygiene. Abteilung II 1936; 94:369-403.

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

• Emendations:
  • Shkoporov et al. 2016 Shkoporov AN, Efimov BA, Kondova I, Ouwerling B, Chaplin AV, Shcherbakova VA, Langermans JA. Peptococcus simiae sp. nov., isolated from rhesus macaque faeces and emended description of the genus Peptococcus. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2016; 66:5187-5191. Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 66, part 12 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:525-528.
    Notes:
    • ⊕ Emendation accompanied by the proposal of 1 new species in the genus.

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the class Peptococcia 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.
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the family Peptococcaceae Rogosa 1971 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: Rogosa M. Peptococcaceae, a New Family To Include the Gram-Positive, Anaerobic Cocci of the Genera Peptococcus, Peptostreptococcus, and Ruminococcus. International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology 1971; 21:234-237.
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the order Peptococcales 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.
  • 🧕 Breed et al. (1957) assigned this genus to the family Micrococcaceae Pribram 1929 (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.
  • 🧕 Chuvochina et al. (2023) assigned this genus to the class Peptococcia 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 order Peptococcales 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.
  • 🧕 Kluyver and Van Niel (1936) assigned this genus to the tribe "Micrococceae". 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.
  • 🚋 The type species of this genus has alternatively been placed in the genus Micrococcus Cohn 1872 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: Hall IC. MICROCOCCUS NIGER, A NEW PIGMENT-FORMING ANAEROBIC COCCUS RECOVERED FROM URINE IN A CASE OF GENERAL ARTERIOSCLEROSIS. J Bacteriol 1930; 20:407-415.
  • 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Papiococcus"; "Pcprococcus"; "Pcptococcus"; "Pepfococcus"; "Peplococcus"; "Peprococcus"; "Peptacoccus"; "Peptccoccus"; "Peptncoccus"; "Peptoccus"; "Peptococccus"; "Peptococciis"; "Peptococeus"; "Peptococus"; "Peptoeoccus"; "Peptoooccus"; "Peptucoccus"; "Pepzococcus"; "Pmtococcus"; "Poptococcus".
  • 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: CCUG: 12; DSM: 11; ATCC: 11; NCTC: 10; JCM: 5; CIP: 4; VKM: 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: 2 - Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No - Containment level: Containment Level 2". — 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.
  • 🧍 Pittman et al. (1991) suggested the abbreviation "PTCO" 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.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 2
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 9
Total number of child taxa: 16

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    "Peptococcus aerogenes" Breed et al. 1957	not validly published	preferred name (not correct name)
    "Peptococcus anaerobius" Breed et al. 1957	not validly published	preferred name (not correct name)
    Peptococcus asaccharolyticus (Distaso 1912) Douglas 1957 (Approved Lists 1980)	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    "Peptococcus constellatus" Breed et al. 1957	not validly published	preferred name (not correct name)
    Peptococcus glycinophilus (Cardon and Barker 1946) Douglas 1957 (Approved Lists 1980)	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Peptococcus heliotrinreducans Lanigan 1983	inaccurate spelling	misspelling
    Peptococcus heliotrinreducens corrig. Lanigan 1983	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Peptococcus helotrinreducens Lanigan 1983	inaccurate spelling	misspelling
    Peptococcus indolicus (Christiansen 1934) Sorensen 1975 (Approved Lists 1980)	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Peptococcus magnus (Prévot 1933) Holdeman and Moore 1972 (Approved Lists 1980)	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    "Peptococcus morbillorum" (Prévot 1933) Holdeman and Moore 1972	not validly published	synonym (and no standing)
    Peptococcus niger (Hall 1930) Kluyver and van Niel 1936 (Approved Lists 1980)	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Peptococcus prevotii (Foubert and Douglas 1948) Douglas 1957 (Approved Lists 1980)	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Peptococcus saccharolyticus (Foubert and Douglas 1948) Douglas 1957 (Approved Lists 1980)	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Peptococcus simiae Shkoporov et al. 2016	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Peptococcus variabilis" Breed et al. 1957	not validly published	preferred name (not correct name)

Parent taxon: Peptococcaceae Rogosa 1971 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Rogosa M. Peptococcaceae, a New Family To Include the Gram-Positive, Anaerobic Cocci of the Genera Peptococcus, Peptostreptococcus, and Ruminococcus. International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology 1971; 21:234-237.

Linking: To permanently link to this page, use https://lpsn.dsmz.de/genus/peptococcusCopy to clipboardLink copied to clipboard

Record number: 516286