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Genus Polluticoccus
Name: Polluticoccus Liu et al. 2024
Etymology: Pol.lu.ti.coc’cus. L. masc. perf. part. pollutus, polluted; N.L. masc. n. coccus, coccus, sphere; from Gr. masc. n. kokkos, grain, seed; N.L. masc. n. Polluticoccus, a coccus microbe from polluted environment
Gender: masculine (stem: Polluticocc-)
Type species: Polluticoccus soli Liu et al. 2024
Effective publication:
Liu ZS, Wang XK, Wang KH, Yang ML, Li DF, Liu SJ. Paraflavitalea pollutisoli sp. nov., Pollutibacter soli gen. nov. sp. nov., Polluticoccus soli gen. nov. sp. nov., and Terrimonas pollutisoli sp. nov., four new members of the family Chitinophagaceae from polluted soil. Syst Appl Microbiol 2024; 47:126503. 
IJSEM list:
Oren A, Göker M. Validation list no. 219. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2024; 74:6452.
Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP
Taxonomic status: correct name
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Notes:
- 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Podluticoccus"; "Polluticoe".
- 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: JCM: 1; CGMCC: 1.
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 Polluticoccus soli Liu et al. 2024 validly published under the ICNP correct name
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Parent taxon: Chitinophagaceae Kämpfer et al. 2011
Assigned by:
Liu ZS, Wang XK, Wang KH, Yang ML, Li DF, Liu SJ. Paraflavitalea pollutisoli sp. nov., Pollutibacter soli gen. nov. sp. nov., Polluticoccus soli gen. nov. sp. nov., and Terrimonas pollutisoli sp. nov., four new members of the family Chitinophagaceae from polluted soil. Syst Appl Microbiol 2024; 47:126503.
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Record number: 45766
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