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Genus Sinococcus
Name: Sinococcus Li et al. 2006
Etymology: Si.no.coc’cus. M.L. fem. pl. n. Sinae, of China; N.L. masc. n. coccus, grain; from Gr. masc. n. kokkos, a grain or berry; N.L. masc. n. Sinococcus, coccus-shaped microbe isolated from places in China
Gender: masculine (stem: Sinococc-)
Type species: Sinococcus qinghaiensis Li et al. 2006
Valid publication:
Li WJ, Zhang YQ, Schumann P, Tian XP, Zhang YQ, Xu LH, Jiang CL. Sinococcus qinghaiensis gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel member of the order Bacillales from a saline soil in China. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006; 56:1189-1192. 
IJSEM list:
Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 56, part 6 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006; 56:2029-2030.
Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP, illegitimate name
Correct name: Sinobaca Li et al. 2008
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Synonyms:
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Name Kind Sinobaca Li et al. 2008 homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
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Notes:
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🧕 Li et al. (2008) assigned this genus to the family "Sporolactobacillaceae".
Publication:
Li WJ, Zhi XY, Euzeby JP. Proposal of Yaniellaceae fam. nov., Yaniella gen. nov. and Sinobaca gen. nov. as replacements for the illegitimate prokaryotic names Yaniaceae Li et al. 2005, Yania Li et al. 2004, emend Li et al. 2005, and Sinococcus Li et al. 2006, respectively. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008; 58:525-527.
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🚂 For the type species of this genus another name is in use, which is affiliated with the genus Sinobaca Li et al. 2008.
Publication:
Li WJ, Zhi XY, Euzeby JP. Proposal of Yaniellaceae fam. nov., Yaniella gen. nov. and Sinobaca gen. nov. as replacements for the illegitimate prokaryotic names Yaniaceae Li et al. 2005, Yania Li et al. 2004, emend Li et al. 2005, and Sinococcus Li et al. 2006, respectively. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008; 58:525-527.
- 💁 Taxonomists who have recently focused on this group are the corresponding authors of Li et al. (2008). Editors in search of reviewers are advised to consider additional criteria such as whether a taxon is covered by one of the ICSP subcommittees.
- 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: DSM: 1; KCTC: 1.
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🧍 Later homonym of an insect genus.
Publication:
Oren A. On names of genera of prokaryotes that are later homonyms of generic names with standing in the zoological or the botanical nomenclature. Proposal of Neomegalonema gen. nov. and Neomegalonema perideroedes comb. nov. as replacements for the prokaryotic generic name Meganema and the species name Meganema perideroedes. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:4276-4278.
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🧍 The name Sinococcus Li et al. 2006 is illegitimate because it is a later homonym of Sinococcus Wu and Zheng, 2000 (Insecta: Hemiptera: Sternorrhyncha: Coccoidea: Pseudococcidae). See Principle 2. Consequently, a new genus designation Sinobaca Li et al. 2008 has been proposed by Li et al. 2008.
Publication:
Li WJ, Zhi XY, Euzeby JP. Proposal of Yaniellaceae fam. nov., Yaniella gen. nov. and Sinobaca gen. nov. as replacements for the illegitimate prokaryotic names Yaniaceae Li et al. 2005, Yania Li et al. 2004, emend Li et al. 2005, and Sinococcus Li et al. 2006, respectively. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008; 58:525-527.
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🧕 Li et al. (2008) assigned this genus to the family "Sporolactobacillaceae".
Publication:
Li WJ, Zhi XY, Euzeby JP. Proposal of Yaniellaceae fam. nov., Yaniella gen. nov. and Sinobaca gen. nov. as replacements for the illegitimate prokaryotic names Yaniaceae Li et al. 2005, Yania Li et al. 2004, emend Li et al. 2005, and Sinococcus Li et al. 2006, respectively. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008; 58:525-527.
Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 0
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 1
Total number of child taxa: 1
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Child taxa:
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Name Nomenclatural status Taxonomic status Sinococcus qinghaiensis Li et al. 2006 validly published under the ICNP, illegitimate name synonym
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Parent taxon: Bacillaceae Fischer 1895 (Approved Lists 1980)
Assigned by:
Sorokin DY, Tourova TP, Sukhacheva MV, Muyzer G. Desulfuribacillus alkaliarsenatis gen. nov. sp. nov., a deep-lineage, obligately anaerobic, dissimilatory sulfur and arsenate-reducing, haloalkaliphilic representative of the order Bacillales from soda lakes. Extremophiles 2012; 16:597-605.
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