Genus Ponticoccus

Name: Ponticoccus Hwang and Cho 2008

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Pon.ti.coc’cus L. 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.

Nomenclatural status: validly published

Taxonomic status: correct name

Subdivision:

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

Child taxa:

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

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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