Name: Teichococcus Kämpfer et al. 2003

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Tei.cho.coc’cus. Gr. neut. n. teîchos, wall; Gr. masc. n. kokkos, a grain or berry; N.L. masc. n. Teichococcus, coccus from the wall

Gender: masculine (stem: Teichococc-)

Type species: Teichococcus ludipueritiae Kämpfer et al. 2003

Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Kampfer P, Andersson MA, Jackel U, Salkinoja-Salonen M. Teichococcus ludipueritiae gen. nov. sp. nov., and Muricoccus roseus gen. nov. sp. nov. representing two new genera of the alpha-1 subclass of the Proteobacteria. Syst Appl Microbiol 2003; 26:23-29.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Validation list no. 92. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2003; 53:935-937.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Pseudoroseomonas Rai et al. 2022	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Emendations:
  • Liu and Xin 2024 Liu Q, Xin YH. Sabulicella glaciei sp. nov., Isolated from Glacier, and Reclassification of Roseomonas rubea, Roseomonas ponticola and Roseomonas oleicola as Neoroseomonas rubea comb. nov., Falsiroseomonas ponticola comb. nov. and Falsiroseomonas oleicola comb. nov. Curr Microbiol 2024; 81:345. Oren A, Göker M. List of changes in taxonomic opinion no. 41. Notification of changes in taxonomic opinion previously published outside the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2025; 75:6561.
    Notes:
    • ⊕ Emendation accompanied by the proposal of 15 new species in the genus.

• Notes:
  • 🚋 The type species of this genus has alternatively been placed in the genus Roseomonas Rihs et al. 1998. Publication: Sanchez-Porro C, Gallego V, Busse HJ, Kampfer P, Ventosa A. Transfer of Teichococcus ludipueritiae and Muricoccus roseus to the genus Roseomonas, as Roseomonas ludipueritiae comb. nov. and Roseomonas rosea comb. nov., respectively, and emended description of the genus Roseomonas. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009; 59:1193-1198.
  • 🚋 The type species of this genus has alternatively been placed in the genus Pseudoroseomonas Rai et al. 2022. Publication: Rai A, Jagadeeshwari U, Deepshikha G, Smita N, Sasikala C, Ramana CV. Phylotaxogenomics for the Reappraisal of the Genus Roseomonas With the Creation of Six New Genera. Front Microbiol 2021; 12:677842.
  • 💁 Taxonomists who have recently focused on this group are the corresponding authors of Subhash and Lee (2018), Rai et al. (2021). 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: KCTC: 5; JCM: 4; NBRC: 3; DSM: 3; CIP: 2; BCC: 1; MCCC: 1; TBRC: 1; ATCC: 1; CGMCC: 1.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 16
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 16
Total number of child taxa: 16

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Teichococcus aerofrigidensis (Hyeon and Jeon 2017) Liu and Xin 2025	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Teichococcus aerophilus (Kim et al. 2013) Liu and Xin 2025	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Teichococcus aestuarii (Venkata Ramana et al. 2010) Liu and Xin 2025	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Teichococcus cervicalis (Rihs et al. 1998) Liu and Xin 2025	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Teichococcus coralli (Li et al. 2021) Liu and Xin 2025	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Teichococcus deserti (Subhash and Lee 2018) Liu and Xin 2025	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Teichococcus globiformis (Fang et al. 2018) Liu and Xin 2025	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Teichococcus hibiscisoli (Yan et al. 2017) Liu and Xin 2025	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Teichococcus ludipueritiae Kämpfer et al. 2003	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Teichococcus musae (Nutaratat et al. 2017) Liu and Xin 2025	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Teichococcus oryzae (Ramaprasad et al. 2015) Liu and Xin 2025	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Teichococcus rhizosphaerae (Chen et al. 2014) Liu and Xin 2025	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Teichococcus ruber (Subhash et al. 2016) Liu and Xin 2025	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Teichococcus suffuscus (Subhash and Lee 2017) Liu and Xin 2025	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Teichococcus vastitatis (Zhao et al. 2020) Liu and Xin 2025	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Teichococcus wenyumeiae (Tian et al. 2019) Liu and Xin 2025	validly published under the ICNP	correct name

Parent taxon: Acetobacteraceae (ex Henrici 1939) Gillis and De Ley 1980

Assigned by: Venkata Ramana V, Sasikala Ch, Takaichi S, Ramana ChV. Roseomonas aestuarii sp. nov., a bacteriochlorophyll-a containing alphaproteobacterium isolated from an estuarine habitat of India. Syst Appl Microbiol 2010; 33:198-203.

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