Name: Tetragenococcus Collins et al. 1993

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Te.tra.ge.no.coc’cus. Gr. pref. tetra-, four (in compound words); Gr. suff. -genes, producing or forming; from Gr. ind. v. gennaô, to produce; N.L. masc. n. coccus, coccus; from Gr. masc. n. kokkos, grain, seed; N.L. masc. n. Tetragenococcus, tetrad arrangement of cocci

Gender, pronunciation (Latin): masculine (stem: Tetragenococc-), te-tra-ge-no-KOK-kus

Type species: Tetragenococcus halophilus (Mees 1934) Collins et al. 1993

Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Collins MD, Williams AM, Wallbanks S. The phylogeny of Aerococcus and Pediococcus as determined by 16S rRNA sequence analysis: description of Tetragenococcus gen. nov. FEMS Microbiol Lett 1990; 58:255-262. 🇬🇧

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Validation list no. 44. Validation of publication of new names and new combinations previously effectively published outside the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1993; 43:188-189.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 2

• Notes:
  • 🚋 The type species of this genus has alternatively been placed in the genus Pediococcus Claussen 1903 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: Mees RH. Onderzoekingen over de Biersarcina. Thesis. Technical University Delft, Delft in Holland, 1934.
  • 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Tetragenoccus"; "Tetragenocoocus".
  • 🧔 This taxon was discussed in a meeting of a Taxonomic Subcommittee of the ICSP. Publication: Klein G. International Committee on Systematics of Prokaryotes Subcommittee on the Taxonomy of Bifidobacterium, Lactobacillus and Related Organisms. Minutes of the meetings, 1 and 2 April 2005, Stuttgart-Hohenheim, Germany. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol. 2006; 56:2501-2503.
  • 🧔 This taxon was discussed in a meeting of a Taxonomic Subcommittee of the ICSP. Publication: Klein G. International Committee on Systematic Bacteriology. Subcommittee on the taxonomy of Bifidobacterium, Lactobacillus and related organisms. Minutes of the meetings, 22 and 23 September 1999, Veldhoven, The Netherlands. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol. 2001; 51:259-261.
  • 🧔 This taxon was discussed in a meeting of a Taxonomic Subcommittee of the ICSP. Publication: Bonaparte C, Klein G. International Committee on Systematics of Prokaryotes. Subcommittee on the taxonomy of Bifidobacterium, Lactobacillus and related organisms. Minutes of the meetings, 31 August 2011, Egmond aan Zee, The Netherlands. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2012; 62:2546-2548.
  • 🧔 This taxon was discussed in a meeting of a Taxonomic Subcommittee of the ICSP. Publication: Kagermeier-Callaway AS. International Committee on Systematic Bacteriology Subcommittee on the taxonomy of Bifidobacterium, Lactobacillus and related organisms. Minutes of the meetings, 4 and 6 July 1994, Prague, Czech Republic. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2000; 50:1391-1392.
  • 💁 Taxonomists who have recently focused on this group are the corresponding authors of Collins et al. (1990). 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 phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is 0.05625 (N = 3).
  • 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: DSM: 5; LMG: 5; JCM: 3; CIP: 3; CCUG: 3; NBRC: 3; ATCC: 2; NCTC: 1; NCIMB: 1; IAM: 1.
  • 😷 The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 2, note = "Animal classification RG: 1 - Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No - Containment level: Containment Level 2". — 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.
  • 🧍 Pittman et al. (1991) suggested the abbreviation "TTGC" for this genus name but this does not appear to be of practical relevance any longer. Publication: Pittman KF, Walczak CA, Lock CM. Codes and abbreviations for approved of effectively published names of genera of bacteria published from January 1980 to December 1990. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1991; 41:571-579.
  • 🧍 The date of valid publication of this name is in fact that of the first citation in a Validation List (List no. 44, published 7 January 1993) [2]. Publication: Euzeby JP, Kudo T. Corrigenda to the validation lists. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2001; 51:1933-1938. 🇫🇷
  • 🧍 The genus Tetragenococcus (effective publication: Collins et al. 1990, type species: Tetragenococcus halophilus) appears also on the Validation List no. 49 [1]. The date of valid publication of this name is in fact that of the first citation in a Validation List (List no. 44, published 7 January 1993) [2]. Publication: Anonymous. Validation list no. 49. Validation of publication of new names and new combinations previously effectively published outside the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1994; 44:370-371.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 5
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 5
Total number of child taxa: 7

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    "Tetragenococcus doogicus" Frazilio et al. 2019	not validly published	preferred name
    Tetragenococcus halophilus (Mees 1934) Collins et al. 1993	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Tetragenococcus koreensis Lee et al. 2005	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Tetragenococcus muriaticus Satomi et al. 1997	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Tetragenococcus osmophilus Justé et al. 2012	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Candidatus Tetragenococcus pullicola" Gilroy et al. 2021	not validly published	pro-correct name
    Tetragenococcus solitarius (Collins et al. 1989) Ennahar and Cai 2005	validly published under the ICNP	correct name

Parent taxon: Enterococcaceae Ludwig et al. 2010

Assigned by: Ludwig W, Schleifer K-H, Whitman WB. Family IV. Enterococcaceae fam. nov. In: De Vos P, Garrity GM, Jones D, Krieg NR, Ludwig W, Rainey FA, K.-H. S, Whitman WB (eds), Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, 2nd edn, vol. 3 (The Firmicutes), Springer, New York, 2009, p. 594. 🇧🇪

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