Name: Phocicoccus Bello et al. 2024

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Pho.ci.coc’cus. L. fem. n. phoca, a seal; N.L. masc. n. coccus, a grain or berry; from Gr. masc. n. kokkos, grain; N.L. masc. n. Phocicoccus, a coccus shaped bacterium isolated from a seal

Gender, pronunciation (Latin): masculine (stem: Phocicocc-), p^ho-ki-KOK-kus

Type species: Phocicoccus pinnipedialis (Hoyles et al. 2004) Bello et al. 2024

Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Bello S, Mudassir SH, Rudra B, Gupta RS. Phylogenomic and molecular markers based studies on Staphylococcaceae and Gemella species. Proposals for an emended family Staphylococcaceae and three new families (Abyssicoccaceae fam. nov., Salinicoccaceae fam. nov. and Gemellaceae fam. nov.) harboring four new genera, Lacicoccus gen. nov., Macrococcoides gen. nov., Gemelliphila gen. nov., and Phocicoccus gen. nov. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek 2023; 116:937-973. 🇨🇦

IJSEM list: Oren A, Göker M. Validation list no. 215. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2024; 74:6173.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Notes:
  • 🧕 Bello et al. (2023) assigned this genus to the family Salinicoccaceae Chuvochina et al. 2024. Publication: Bello S, Mudassir SH, Rudra B, Gupta RS. Phylogenomic and molecular markers based studies on Staphylococcaceae and Gemella species. Proposals for an emended family Staphylococcaceae and three new families (Abyssicoccaceae fam. nov., Salinicoccaceae fam. nov. and Gemellaceae fam. nov.) harboring four new genera, Lacicoccus gen. nov., Macrococcoides gen. nov., Gemelliphila gen. nov., and Phocicoccus gen. nov. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek 2023; 116:937-973. 🇨🇦
  • 🚋 The type species of this genus has alternatively been placed in the genus Jeotgalicoccus Yoon et al. 2003. Publication: Hoyles L, Collins MD, Foster G, Falsen E, Schumann P. Jeotgalicoccus pinnipedialis sp. nov., from a southern elephant seal (Mirounga leonina). Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004; 54:745-748. 🇬🇧
  • 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: CCUG: 1; CCM: 1; DSM: 1; LMG: 1; CIP: 1.

Subdivision:

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

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Phocicoccus pinnipedialis (Hoyles et al. 2004) Bello et al. 2024	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Phocicoccus schoeneichii (Glaeser et al. 2016) Bello et al. 2024	validly published under the ICNP	correct name

Parent taxon: Staphylococcaceae Schleifer and Bell 2010

Assigned by: Freese HM, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Sarda Carbasse J, Afolayan AO, Goker M. TYGS and LPSN in 2025: a Global Core Biodata Resource for genome-based classification and nomenclature of prokaryotes within DSMZ Digital Diversity. Nucleic Acids Res 2026; 54:D884-D891. 🇩🇪

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