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Genus Ponticoccus
Name: Ponticoccus Hwang and Cho 2008
Etymology: Pon.ti.coc’cus. L. masc. n. pontus, the sea; N.L. masc. n. coccus, berry; N.L. masc. n. Ponticoccus, coccus from the sea
Gender: masculine (stem: Ponticocc-)
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 under the ICNP
Taxonomic status: correct name
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Emendations:
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Liang et al. 2021
Liang KYH, Orata FD, Boucher YF, Case RJ. Roseobacters in a Sea of Poly- and Paraphyly: Whole Genome-Based Taxonomy of the Family Rhodobacteraceae and the Proposal for the Split of the "Roseobacter Clade" Into a Novel Family, Roseobacteraceae fam. nov. Front Microbiol 2021; 12:683109.
Oren A, Göker M. List of changes in taxonomic opinion no. 38. Notification of changes in taxonomic opinion previously published outside the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2023; 73:5923.
Notes:- ⊖ Emendation accompanied by the removal of 1 species from the genus.
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Liang et al. 2021
Liang KYH, Orata FD, Boucher YF, Case RJ. Roseobacters in a Sea of Poly- and Paraphyly: Whole Genome-Based Taxonomy of the Family Rhodobacteraceae and the Proposal for the Split of the "Roseobacter Clade" Into a Novel Family, Roseobacteraceae fam. nov. Front Microbiol 2021; 12:683109.
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Notes:
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🧕 Hwang and Cho (2008) assigned this genus to the family Rhodobacteraceae Garrity et al. 2006.
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.
- 😡 This taxon name is a homonym of "Ponticoccus" Lee and Lee 2008.
- 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: JCM: 2; CGMCC: 1; KCCM: 1; ACCC: 1; DSM: 1.
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🧕 Hwang and Cho (2008) assigned this genus to the family Rhodobacteraceae Garrity et al. 2006.
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.
Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 1
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 3
Total number of child taxa: 3
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Child taxa:
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Name Nomenclatural status Taxonomic status Ponticoccus lacteus Yang et al. 2015 validly published under the ICNP synonym Ponticoccus litoralis Hwang and Cho 2008 validly published under the ICNP correct name Ponticoccus marisrubri Zhang et al. 2017 validly published under the ICNP synonym
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Parent taxon: Roseobacteraceae Liang et al. 2021
Assigned by:
Liang KYH, Orata FD, Boucher YF, Case RJ. Roseobacters in a Sea of Poly- and Paraphyly: Whole Genome-Based Taxonomy of the Family Rhodobacteraceae and the Proposal for the Split of the "Roseobacter Clade" Into a Novel Family, Roseobacteraceae fam. nov. Front Microbiol 2021; 12:683109.
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Record number: 517795
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