Name: Phycicoccus Lee 2006

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Phy.ci.coc’cus. Gr. neut. n. phŷkos, seaweed; N.L. masc. n. coccus, grain; from Gr. masc. n. kokkos, a grain or berry; N.L. masc. n. Phycicoccus, coccus from seaweed

Gender, pronunciation (Latin): masculine (stem: Phycicocc-), p^hy-ki-KOK-kus

Type species: Phycicoccus jejuensis Lee 2006

Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Lee SD. Phycicoccus jejuensis gen. nov., sp. nov., an actinomycete isolated from seaweed. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006; 56:2369-2373. 🇰🇷

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 56, part 10 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007; 57:2-3.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Emendations:
  • Zhang et al. 2011 Zhang JY, Liu XY, Liu SJ. Phycicoccus cremeus sp. nov., isolated from forest soil, and emended description of the genus Phycicoccus. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2011; 61:71-75. 🇨🇳 Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 61, part 1 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2011; 61:701-702.
    Notes:
    • ⊕ Emendation accompanied by the proposal of 1 new species in the genus.
  • Nouioui et al. 2018 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. 🇩🇪 Oren A, Garrity GM. List of changes in taxonomic opinion no. 29. Notification of changes in taxonomic opinion previously published outside the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2019; 69:13-32.
    Notes:
    • ⊖ Emendation accompanied by the removal of 7 species from the genus.
    • ⊕ Emendation accompanied by the proposal of 2 new species in the genus.

• Notes:
  • 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Phycicococcus"; "Phycococcus".
  • 💁 Taxonomists who have recently focused on this group are the corresponding authors of Chen et al. (2021), Chen et al. (2021). 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: JCM: 15; DSM: 10; KCTC: 7; CGMCC: 7; NBRC: 5; KACC: 3; LMG: 2; IFO: 1; KCCM: 1; VKM: 1.
  • 🧍 Another new genus and new species have been described in the Intrasporangiaceae (Kribbia and Kribbia dieselivorans), with the same diagnostic diamino acid, after the paper by Lee 2006 was accepted for publication. Publication: Jung SY, Kim HS, Song JJ, Lee SG, Oh TK, Yoon JH. Kribbia dieselivorans gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel member of the family Intrasporangiaceae. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006; 56:2427-2432. 🇰🇷

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 10
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 17
Total number of child taxa: 18

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Phycicoccus aerophilus Weon et al. 2008	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Phycicoccus avicenniae Chen et al. 2022	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Phycicoccus badiiscoriae Lee 2013	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Phycicoccus bigeumensis Dastager et al. 2008	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Phycicoccus cremeus Zhang et al. 2011	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Phycicoccus dokdonensis Yoon et al. 2008	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Phycicoccus duodecadis (Lochhead 1958) Nouioui et al. 2018	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Phycicoccus elongatus (Hanada et al. 2002) Nouioui et al. 2018	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Phycicoccus endophyticus Liu et al. 2016	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Phycicoccus flavus Chen et al. 2021	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Phycicoccus ginsengisoli Kang et al. 2016	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Phycicoccus ginsenosidimutans Wang et al. 2011	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Phycicoccus jejuensis Lee 2006	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Phycicoccus mangrovi Chen et al. 2023	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Phycicoccus ochangensis Kim et al. 2026	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Phycicoccus soli Singh et al. 2015	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Phycicoccus sonneratiae corrig. Tang et al. 2024	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Phycicoccus sonneraticus Tang et al. 2024	inaccurate spelling	misspelling

Parent taxon: Intrasporangiaceae Rainey et al. 1997

Assigned by: Zhi XY, Li WJ, Stackebrandt E. An update of the structure and 16S rRNA gene sequence-based definition of higher ranks of the class Actinobacteria, with the proposal of two new suborders and four new families and emended descriptions of the existing higher taxa. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009; 59:589-608. 🇨🇳

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