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Genus Saccharococcus
Name: Saccharococcus Nystrand 1984
Etymology: Sac.cha.ro.coc’cus. Gr. neut. n. sakchar, sugar; N.L. masc. n. coccus, coccus; from Gr. masc. n. kokkos, grain, seed; N.L. masc. n. Saccharococcus, the sugar coccus, a coccus isolated from beet sugar extraction
Gender, pronunciation: masculine (stem: Saccharococc-), sak-kha-ro-KOK-kus
Type species: Saccharococcus thermophilus Nystrand 1984
Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS
Effective publication:
Nystrand R. Saccharococcus thermophilus gen. nov., sp. nov. isolated from beet sugar extraction. Syst. Appl. Microbiol. 1984; 5:204-219. 
IJSEM list:
Anonymous. Validation list no. 16. Validation of publication of new names and new combinations previously effectively published outside the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1984; 34:503-504.
Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP
Taxonomic status: correct name
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Notes:
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🧕 Chuvochina et al. (2023) assigned this genus to the family Anoxybacillaceae Chuvochina et al. 2024.
Publication:
Chuvochina M, Mussig AJ, Chaumeil PA, Skarshewski A, Rinke C, Parks DH, Hugenholtz P. Proposal of names for 329 higher rank taxa defined in the Genome Taxonomy Database under two prokaryotic codes. FEMS Microbiol Lett 2023; 0:0.
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🧕 Li et al. (2024) assigned this genus to the family Anoxybacillaceae Chuvochina et al. 2024.
Publication:
Li Y, Zhang D, Bo D, Peng D, Sun M, Zheng J. A taxonomic note on the order Caryophanales: description of 12 novel families and emended description of 21 families. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2024; 74:6539. 🇨🇳
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🧕 Patel et al. (2024) assigned this genus to the family Anoxybacillaceae Chuvochina et al. 2024.
Publication:
Patel I, Bello S, Gupta RS. Phylogenomic and molecular marker based studies to clarify the evolutionary relationships amongst Anoxybacillus species and demarcation of the family Anoxybacillaceae and some of its constituent genera. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2024; 74:6528. 🇨🇦
- 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Saccharicoccus".
- 🧬 The phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is 0.01950 (N = 2).
- 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: ATCC: 2; DSM: 2; NBRC: 1; CCM: 1.
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🧍 Pittman et al. (1991) suggested the abbreviation "SACO" for this genus name but this does not appear to be of practical relevance any longer.
Publication:
Pittman KF, Walczak CA, Lock CM. Codes and abbreviations for approved of effectively published names of genera of bacteria published from January 1980 to December 1990. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1991; 41:571-579.
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🧕 Chuvochina et al. (2023) assigned this genus to the family Anoxybacillaceae Chuvochina et al. 2024.
Publication:
Chuvochina M, Mussig AJ, Chaumeil PA, Skarshewski A, Rinke C, Parks DH, Hugenholtz P. Proposal of names for 329 higher rank taxa defined in the Genome Taxonomy Database under two prokaryotic codes. FEMS Microbiol Lett 2023; 0:0.
Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 1
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 2
Total number of child taxa: 2
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Child taxa:
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Name Nomenclatural status Taxonomic status Saccharococcus caldoxylosilyticus Ahmad et al. 2000 validly published under the ICNP synonym Saccharococcus thermophilus Nystrand 1984 validly published under the ICNP correct name
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Parent taxon: Bacillaceae Fischer 1895 (Approved Lists 1980)
Assigned by: Ludwig W, Schleifer K-H, Whitman WB. Class I. Bacilli class nov. In: De Vos P, Garrity GM, Jones D, Krieg NR, Ludwig W, Rainey FA, K.-H. S, Whitman WB (eds), Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, 2nd edn, vol. 3 (The Firmicutes), Springer, New York, 2009, p. 19-20. 🇧🇪
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