Name: "Urinicoccus" Yimagou et al. 2019

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: U.ri.ni.coc.cus. N.L. masc. n. Urinicoccus, refers to urina, which is the latin name of urine and coccus, which is the name of bacteria with a round shape

Gender: masculine

Type species: "Urinicoccus massiliensis" Yimagou et al. 2019

Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

Original publication: Yimagou EK, Anani H, Yacouba A, Hasni I, Baudoin JP, Raoult D, Bou Khalil JY. Urinicoccus massiliensis gen. nov., sp. nov., a new bacterium isolated from a human urine sample from a 7-year-old boy hospitalized for dental care. New Microbes New Infect 2019; 32:100615.

Nomenclatural status: not validly published

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    "Urinacoccus" Morand et al. 2016	homotypic synonym, not validly published

• Notes:
  • The type species of this genus has alternatively been placed in the genus "Urinacoccus" Morand et al. 2016. Publication: Morand A, Cornu F, Tsimaratos M, Cadoret F, Lagier JC, Fournier PE, Raoult D. 'Urinacoccus massiliensis' gen. nov. sp. nov., identified in urine sample of a 7-year-old boy hospitalized for dental care under general anaesthesia. New Microbes New Infect 2016; 14:36-37.
  • This taxon name is a homonym of "Urinicoccus" Tall et al. 2020.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 0
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 0
Total number of child taxa: 2

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    "Urinicoccus massiliensis" Yimagou et al. 2019	not validly published
    "Urinicoccus timonensis" Tall et al. 2020	not validly published

Parent taxon: Peptoniphilaceae Johnson et al. 2014

Assigned by: Yimagou EK, Anani H, Yacouba A, Hasni I, Baudoin JP, Raoult D, Bou Khalil JY. Urinicoccus massiliensis gen. nov., sp. nov., a new bacterium isolated from a human urine sample from a 7-year-old boy hospitalized for dental care. New Microbes New Infect 2019; 32:100615.

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