Genus "Siderococcus"

Name: "Siderococcus" Dorff 1934

Category, proposed as: genus, gen. nov.

Etymology: Si.de.ro.coc’cus. N.L. masc. n. coccus, grain; N.L. masc. n. Siderococcus

Gender, pronunciation (Latin): masculine (stem: Siderococc-), si-de-ro-KOK-kus

Type species: "Siderococcus communis" Dorff 1934

Original publication: Dorff P. Die Eisenorganismen. Pflanzenforschung, Jena 1934; 16:1-62.

Nomenclatural status: not validly published

Taxonomic status: preferred name (not correct name)

• Notes:
  • 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Sidcrococcus".
  • 🧍 Pittman et al. (1991) suggested the abbreviation "SDCO" 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.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 0
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 0
Total number of child taxa: 1

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    "Siderococcus communis" Dorff 1934	not validly published	preferred name

Parent taxon: "Siderocapsaceae" Pribram 1929

Assigned by: Parker CD. Genus V. Thiobacillus Beijerinck 1904. In: Breed RS, Murray EGD, Smith NR (eds), Bergey's Manual of Determinative Bacteriology, 7th edition, The Williams & Wilkins Co, Baltimore, 1957, p. 83-88.

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Record number: 7176