Name: Terracoccus Prauser et al. 1997
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: masculine (stem: Terracocc-)
Type species: Terracoccus luteus Prauser et al. 1997
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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
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
Name | Nomenclatural status | Taxonomic status |
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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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