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Genus Tersicoccus
Name: Tersicoccus Vaishampayan et al. 2013
Etymology: Ter.si.coc’cus. L. masc. perf. part. tersus, clean; from L. v. tergeo; N.L. masc. n. coccus, coccus; from Gr. masc. n. kokkos, a grain or berry; N.L. masc. n. Tersicoccus, clean coccus, intended to mean isolated from clean rooms
Gender: masculine (stem: Tersicocc-)
Type species: Tersicoccus phoenicis Vaishampayan et al. 2013
Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS
Valid publication:
Vaishampayan P, Moissl-Eichinger C, Pukall R, Schumann P, Sproer C, Augustus A, Roberts AH, Namba G, Cisneros J, Salmassi T, et al. Description of Tersicoccus phoenicis gen. nov., sp. nov. isolated from spacecraft assembly clean room environments. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:2463-2471. 
IJSEM list:
Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 63, part 7 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:3549-3550.
Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP
Taxonomic status: correct name
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Notes:
- 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: NRRL: 1; KCTC: 1; CGMCC: 1; DSM: 1.
Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 2
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 2
Total number of child taxa: 2
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Child taxa:
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Name Nomenclatural status Taxonomic status Tersicoccus phoenicis Vaishampayan et al. 2013 validly published under the ICNP correct name Tersicoccus solisilvae Sultanpuram et al. 2016 validly published under the ICNP correct name
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Parent taxon: Micrococcaceae Pribram 1929 (Approved Lists 1980)
Assigned by:
Vaishampayan P, Moissl-Eichinger C, Pukall R, Schumann P, Sproer C, Augustus A, Roberts AH, Namba G, Cisneros J, Salmassi T, et al. Description of Tersicoccus phoenicis gen. nov., sp. nov. isolated from spacecraft assembly clean room environments. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:2463-2471.
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Record number: 518389
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