Genus Roseococcus
Name: Roseococcus Yurkov et al. 1994
Etymology: Ro.se.o.coc.cus. L. masc. adj. roseus, rose, pink; N.L. masc. n. coccus, coccus; from Gr. masc. n. kokkos, grain, seed; N.L. masc. n. Roseococcus, pink spherical bacterium
Gender: masculine (stem: Roseococc-)
Type species: Roseococcus thiosulfatophilus Yurkov et al. 1994
Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS
Valid publication:
Yurkov V, Stackebrandt E, Holmes A, Fuerst JA, Hugenholtz P, Golecki J, Gad'on N, Gorlenko VM, Kompantseva EI, Drews G. Phylogenetic positions of novel aerobic, bacteriochlorophyll a-containing bacteria and description of Roseococcus thiosulfatophilus gen. nov., sp. nov., Erythromicrobium ramosum gen. nov., sp. nov., and Erythrobacter litoralis sp. nov. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1994; 44:427-434. 
IJSEM list:
Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 44, part 3 of the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1994; 44:853.
Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP
Taxonomic status: correct name
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Notes:
- This taxon name is occasionally misprinted in some sources as: "Roseoccus".
- The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: DSM: 2; VKM: 1; KCTC: 1; ATCC: 1; JCM: 1.
Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 4
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 4
Total number of child taxa: 4
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Child taxa:
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Name Nomenclatural status Taxonomic status Roseococcus microcysteis Kim et al. 2021 validly published under the ICNP correct name Roseococcus pinisoli Shen et al. 2022 validly published under the ICNP correct name Roseococcus suduntuyensis Boldareva et al. 2009 validly published under the ICNP correct name Roseococcus thiosulfatophilus Yurkov et al. 1994 validly published under the ICNP correct name
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Parent taxon: Acetobacteraceae (ex Henrici 1939) Gillis and De Ley 1980
Assigned by: Garrity GM, Bell JA, Lilburn T. Class I. Alphaproteobacteria class. nov. In: Brenner DJ, Krieg NR, Staley JT, Garrity GM (eds), Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, 2nd edn, vol. 2 (The Proteobacteria), part C (The Alpha-, Beta-, Delta-, and Epsilonproteobacteria), Springer, New York, 2005, p. 1.
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