Subscribe to our newsletter
To receive updates from LPSN every few months, sign up to our mailing list.
Genus Pseudoponticoccus
Name: Pseudoponticoccus Liang et al. 2022
Etymology: Pseu.do.pon.ti.coc’cus. Gr. masc./fem. adj. pseudês, false; L. masc. n. pontus, the sea; N.L. masc. n. coccus, berry; N.L. masc. n. Pseudoponticoccus, false Ponticoccus, referring to its original taxonomic classification as Ponticoccus
Gender, pronunciation: masculine (stem: Pseudoponticocc-), pse͡u-do-pon-ti-KOK-kus
Type species: Pseudoponticoccus marisrubri (Zhang et al. 2017) Liang et al. 2022
Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS
Effective publication:
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. 
IJSEM list:
Oren A, Garrity GM. Validation list no. 203. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2022; 72:5167.
Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP
Taxonomic status: correct name
-
Notes:
-
🚋 The type species of this genus has alternatively been placed in the genus Ponticoccus Hwang and Cho 2008.
Publication:
Zhang G, Haroon MF, Zhang R, Dong X, Liu D, Xiong Q, Xun W, Dong X, Stingl U. Ponticoccus marisrubri sp. nov., a moderately halophilic marine bacterium of the family Rhodobacteraceae. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:4358-4364.
- 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: ACCC: 1; JCM: 1.
-
🚋 The type species of this genus has alternatively been placed in the genus Ponticoccus Hwang and Cho 2008.
Publication:
Zhang G, Haroon MF, Zhang R, Dong X, Liu D, Xiong Q, Xun W, Dong X, Stingl U. Ponticoccus marisrubri sp. nov., a moderately halophilic marine bacterium of the family Rhodobacteraceae. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:4358-4364.
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
-
Child taxa:
-
Name Nomenclatural status Taxonomic status Pseudoponticoccus marisrubri (Zhang et al. 2017) Liang et al. 2022 validly published under the ICNP correct name
-
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.
Linking: To permanently link to this page, use https://lpsn.dsmz.de/genus/pseudoponticoccusLink copied to clipboard
Record number: 26489
This LPSN page was printed on 2025-12-07 22:36:13