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Genus Pistricoccus
Name: Pistricoccus Xu et al. 2017
Etymology: Pis.tri.coc’cus. L. fem. n. pistris, a sea monster, a shark; N.L. masc. n. coccus, a berry; from Gr. masc. n. kokkos, grain; N.L. masc. n. Pistricoccus, a coccus from a shark
Gender, pronunciation (Latin): masculine (stem: Pistricocc-), pis-tri-KOK-kus
Type species: Pistricoccus aurantiacus Xu et al. 2017
Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS
Effective publication:
Xu ZX, Liang QY, Lu DC, Chen GJ, Du ZJ. Pistricoccus aurantiacus gen. nov., sp. nov., a moderately halophilic bacterium isolated from a shark. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek 2016; 109:1593-1603. 
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IJSEM list:
Oren A, Garrity GM. Validation list no. 175. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:1095-1098.
Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP
Taxonomic status: correct name
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Notes:
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🧔 This taxon was discussed in a meeting of a Taxonomic Subcommittee of the ICSP.
Publication:
Arahal DR, Oren A, Ventosa A. International Committee on Systematics of Prokaryotes Subcommittee on the taxonomy of Halobacteria and Subcommittee on the taxonomy of Halomonadaceae. Minutes of the joint open meeting, 11 July 2017, Valencia, Spain. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:4279-4283. 🇮🇱
- 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: KCTC: 1; MCCC: 1.
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🧔 This taxon was discussed in a meeting of a Taxonomic Subcommittee of the ICSP.
Publication:
Arahal DR, Oren A, Ventosa A. International Committee on Systematics of Prokaryotes Subcommittee on the taxonomy of Halobacteria and Subcommittee on the taxonomy of Halomonadaceae. Minutes of the joint open meeting, 11 July 2017, Valencia, Spain. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:4279-4283.
Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 1
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 1
Total number of child taxa: 1
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Child taxa:
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Name Nomenclatural status Taxonomic status Pistricoccus aurantiacus Xu et al. 2017 validly published under the ICNP correct name
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Parent taxon: Halomonadaceae Franzmann et al. 1989
Assigned by:
Xu ZX, Liang QY, Lu DC, Chen GJ, Du ZJ. Pistricoccus aurantiacus gen. nov., sp. nov., a moderately halophilic bacterium isolated from a shark. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek 2016; 109:1593-1603. 🇨🇳
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Record number: 519191
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