Genus Ponticoccus
Name: Ponticoccus Hwang and Cho 2008
Etymology: Pon.ti.coc’cus L. masc. n. pontus, the sea; M.L. masc. n. coccus, berry; N.L. masc. n. Ponticoccus, coccus from the sea
Type species: Ponticoccus litoralis Hwang and Cho 2008
Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS
Valid publication:
Hwang CY, Cho BC. Ponticoccus litoralis gen. nov., sp. nov., a marine bacterium in the family Rhodobacteraceae. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008; 58:1332-1338. 
IJSEM list:
Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 58, part 6 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008; 58:1995-1996.
Nomenclatural status: validly published
Taxonomic status: correct name
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Notes:
- This taxon name is a homonym of "Ponticoccus" Lee and Lee 2008.
Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 2
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 3
Total number of child taxa: 5
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Child taxa:
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Name Nomenclatural status Taxonomic status "Ponticoccus alexandrii" Yang et al. 2018 not validly published "Ponticoccus gilvus" Lee and Lee 2008 not validly published Ponticoccus lacteus Yang et al. 2015 validly published synonym Ponticoccus litoralis Hwang and Cho 2008 validly published correct name Ponticoccus marisrubri Zhang et al. 2017 validly published correct name
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Parent taxon: Rhodobacteraceae Garrity et al. 2006
Assigned by:
Hwang CY, Cho BC. Ponticoccus litoralis gen. nov., sp. nov., a marine bacterium in the family Rhodobacteraceae. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008; 58:1332-1338.
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