Name: Acuticoccus yangtzensis Hou et al. 2017

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: yang.tzen’sis. N.L. masc./fem. adj. yangtzensis, of or belonging to Yangtze Estuary, the location from where the type strain was isolated

Gender: masculine

Type strain: CGMCC 1.12795; DSM 28604; JL1095

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: KF741873 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Hou L, Zhang Y, Sun J, Xie X. Acuticoccus yangtzensis gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel member in the family Rhodobacteraceae, isolated from the surface water of the Yangtze Estuary. Curr Microbiol 2015; 70:176-182.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Validation list no. 175. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:1095-1098.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Emendations:
  • Yin et al. 2018 Yin Q, Liang J, Zhang L, Ma K, Hu ZL, Zhang Y, Xu Y. Acuticoccus kandeliae sp. nov., isolated from rhizosphere soil of the mangrove plant Kandelia, and emended description of Acuticoccus yangtzensis. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2018; 68:3316-3321. Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 68, part 10 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2019; 69:10-12.
  • Hördt et al. 2020 Hordt A, Lopez MG, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Schleuning M, Weinhold LM, Tindall BJ, Gronow S, Kyrpides NC, Woyke T, Goker M. Analysis of 1,000+ Type-Strain Genomes Substantially Improves Taxonomic Classification of Alphaproteobacteria. Front Microbiol 2020; 11:468. Oren A, Garrity GM. List of changes in taxonomic opinion no. 32. Notification of changes in taxonomic opinion previously published outside the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:4061-4090.

• Notes:
  • Nomenclatural type of the genus Acuticoccus Hou et al. 2017. Publication: Hou L, Zhang Y, Sun J, Xie X. Acuticoccus yangtzensis gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel member in the family Rhodobacteraceae, isolated from the surface water of the Yangtze Estuary. Curr Microbiol 2015; 70:176-182.

Parent taxon: Acuticoccus Hou et al. 2017

Assigned by: Hou L, Zhang Y, Sun J, Xie X. Acuticoccus yangtzensis gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel member in the family Rhodobacteraceae, isolated from the surface water of the Yangtze Estuary. Curr Microbiol 2015; 70:176-182.

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