Name: Terracoccus Prauser et al. 1997

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Ter.ra.coc’cus. L. fem. n. terra, soil; N.L. masc. n. coccus, a grain, seed; from Gr. masc. n. kokkos, grain; N.L. masc. n. Terracoccus, coccus isolated from soil [probably better: Terricoccus]

Gender, pronunciation (Latin): masculine (stem: Terracocc-), ter-ra-KOK-kus

Type species: Terracoccus luteus Prauser et al. 1997

Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Prauser H, Schumann P, Rainey FA, Kroppenstedt RM, Stackebrandt E. Terracoccus luteus gen. nov., sp. nov., an LL-diaminopimelic acid-containing coccoid actinomycete from soil. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1997; 47:1218-1224. 🇩🇪

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 47, part 4 of the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1998; 48:329-330.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 🧕 Boone et al. (2001) assigned this genus to the family Micrococcaceae Pribram 1929 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: Garrity GM, Holt JG. The Road Map to the Manual. In: Boone DR, Castenholz RW, Garrity GM (eds), Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, second edition, vol. 1 (The Archaea and the deeply branching and phototrophic Bacteria), Springer-Verlag, New York, 2001, p. 119-166. 🇺🇸
  • 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Telracoccus".
  • 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: CIP: 1; IFO: 1; JCM: 1; CCUG: 1; ATCC: 1; NBRC: 1; DSM: 1.
  • 😷 The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "Animal classification RG: 1 - Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No - Containment level: Containment Level 1". — The risk group for Taiwan has been imported on 2024-11-03. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "P650 = v". — If in doubt, use the risk group given in the regulations for your country and, if these are not available, use the risk group given in the catalogue of the culture collection from which you have obtained or intend to obtain the strain.

Subdivision:

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

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Terracoccus luteus Prauser et al. 1997	validly published under the ICNP	correct name

Parent taxon: Intrasporangiaceae Rainey et al. 1997

Assigned by: Zhi XY, Li WJ, Stackebrandt E. An update of the structure and 16S rRNA gene sequence-based definition of higher ranks of the class Actinobacteria, with the proposal of two new suborders and four new families and emended descriptions of the existing higher taxa. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009; 59:589-608. 🇨🇳

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