Name: Abyssicoccus albus Jiang et al. 2016

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: al’bus. L. masc. adj. albus, white, referring to the colony colour

Gender: masculine

Type strain: CCTCC AB 2014213; DSM 29158; YIM M12140

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Effective publication: Jiang Z, Yuan CG, Xiao M, Tian XP, Khan IU, Kim CJ, Zhi XY, Li WJ. Abyssicoccus albus gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel member of the family Staphylococcaceae isolated from marine sediment of the Indian Ocean. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek 2016; 109:1153-1160.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Validation list no. 172. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2016; 66:4299-4305.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Auricoccus indicus Prakash et al. 2017	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Emendations:
  • Madhaiyan et al. 2020 Madhaiyan M, Wirth JS, Saravanan VS. Phylogenomic analyses of the Staphylococcaceae family suggest the reclassification of five species within the genus Staphylococcus as heterotypic synonyms, the promotion of five subspecies to novel species, the taxonomic reassignment of five Staphylococcus species to Mammaliicoccus gen. nov., and the formal assignment of Nosocomiicoccus to the family Staphylococcaceae. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:5926-5936. Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 70, part 11 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2021; 71:4645.
  • Dobritsa and Samadpour 2020 Dobritsa AP, Samadpour M. Unification of Abyssicoccus albus Jiang et al. 2016 and Auricoccus indicus Prakash et al. 2017 and the status of the genus Auricoccus Prakash et al. 2017. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:5969-5971. Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 70, part 11 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2021; 71:4645.
    Notes:
    • Emendation accompanied by a proposal regarding the synonymy of the species.

• Notes:
  • Nomenclatural type of the genus Abyssicoccus Jiang et al. 2016. Publication: Jiang Z, Yuan CG, Xiao M, Tian XP, Khan IU, Kim CJ, Zhi XY, Li WJ. Abyssicoccus albus gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel member of the family Staphylococcaceae isolated from marine sediment of the Indian Ocean. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek 2016; 109:1153-1160.
  • According to Dobritsa and Samadpour (2020), this species is an earlier heterotypic synonym of Auricoccus indicus Prakash et al. 2017. Publication: Dobritsa AP, Samadpour M. Unification of Abyssicoccus albus Jiang et al. 2016 and Auricoccus indicus Prakash et al. 2017 and the status of the genus Auricoccus Prakash et al. 2017. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:5969-5971.
  • Synonymy of this taxon was mentioned in an IJSEM list. Publication: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 70, part 11 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2021; 71:4645.
  • The terminology used by the authors is in line with many other taxonomic studies and does not negatively affect their main results; some improvements may nevertheless be possible. Contrasting the term "chemotaxonomic" with "phenotypic" is not recommended. Whether taxa can have "members" is debatable. See the LPSN phylogeny page for details. Publication: Göker M. What can genome analysis offer for bacteria? In: Bridge P, Smith D, Stackebrandt E (eds), Trends in the systematics of bacteria and fungi, CAB International, Wallingford, 2021, p. 255-281.
  • Misprinted as "Abyssicoccus indicus" in a figure in the publication. Publication: Parte AC, Sarda Carbasse J, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Reimer LC, Goker M. List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature (LPSN) moves to the DSMZ. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:5607-5612.

Parent taxon: Abyssicoccus Jiang et al. 2016

Assigned by: Jiang Z, Yuan CG, Xiao M, Tian XP, Khan IU, Kim CJ, Zhi XY, Li WJ. Abyssicoccus albus gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel member of the family Staphylococcaceae isolated from marine sediment of the Indian Ocean. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek 2016; 109:1153-1160.

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