Name: Trichococcus Scheff et al. 1984

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Tri.cho.coc’cus. Gr. fem. n. thrix (gen. trichos), hair; N.L. masc. n. coccus, coccus; from Gr. masc. n. kokkos, grain, seed; N.L. masc. n. Trichococcus, a hair of cocci

Gender, pronunciation (Latin): masculine (stem: Trichococc-), tri-k^ho-KOK-kus

Type species: Trichococcus flocculiformis Scheff et al. 1984

Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Scheff G, Salcher O, Lingens F. Trichococcus flocculiformis gen. nov. sp. nov. A new gram-positive filamentous bacterium isolated from bulking sludge. Appl. Microbiol. Biotechnol. 1984; 19:114-119.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Validation list no. 15. Validation of publication of new names and new combinations previously effectively published outside the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1984; 34:355-357.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Lactosphaera Janssen et al. 1995	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Emendations:
  • Liu et al. 2002 Liu JR, Tanner RS, Schumann P, Weiss N, McKenzie CA, Janssen PH, Seviour EM, Lawson PA, Allen TD, Seviour RJ. Emended description of the genus Trichococcus, description of Trichococcus collinsii sp. nov., and reclassification of Lactosphaera pasteurii as Trichococcus pasteurii comb. nov. and of Ruminococcus palustris as Trichococcus palustris comb. nov. in the low-G+C gram-positive bacteria. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2002; 52:1113-1126. 🇦🇺 Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 52, part 4 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2002; 52:1439-1440.
    Notes:
    • ⊕ Emendation accompanied by the proposal of 3 new species in the genus.

• Notes:
  • 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Chococcus"; "Trichoccoccus".
  • 🧔 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.
  • 🧬 The phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is 0.03117 (N = 3).
  • 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: DSM: 9; ATCC: 4; CIP: 3; JCM: 2; KCTC: 2; CCUG: 1; VKM: 1; B: 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". — 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.
  • 🧍 A genotype-phenotype comparative analysis of the genus Trichococcus was conducted by Strepis et al. (2020). Publication: Strepis N, Naranjo HD, Meier-Kolthoff J, Goker M, Shapiro N, Kyrpides N, Klenk HP, Schaap PJ, Stams AJM, Sousa DZ. Genome-guided analysis allows the identification of novel physiological traits in Trichococcus species. BMC Genomics 2020; 21:24. 🇳🇱
  • 🧍 Pittman et al. (1991) suggested the abbreviation "TRCO" 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.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 9
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 9
Total number of child taxa: 9

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Trichococcus alkaliphilus Dai et al. 2018	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Trichococcus collinsii Liu et al. 2002	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Trichococcus flocculiformis Scheff et al. 1984	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Trichococcus ilyis Strepis et al. 2016	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Trichococcus paludicola Dai et al. 2018	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Trichococcus palustris (Zhilina et al. 1997) Liu et al. 2002	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Trichococcus pasteurii (Schink 1985) Liu et al. 2002	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Trichococcus patagoniensis Pikuta et al. 2006	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Trichococcus shcherbakoviae Parshina et al. 2019	validly published under the ICNP	correct name

Parent taxon: Carnobacteriaceae Ludwig et al. 2010

Assigned by: Ludwig W, Schleifer K-H, Whitman WB. Family III. Carnobacteriaceae 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. 549. 🇧🇪

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