Name: Auraticoccus monumenti Alonso-Vega et al. 2011

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: mo.nu.men’ti. L. gen. neut. n. monumenti, of a monument

Gender: masculine

Type strain: CECT 7672; DSM 23257; LMG 25551; MON 2.2

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: FN552748 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Alonso-Vega P, Carro L, Martinez-Molina E, Trujillo ME. Auraticoccus monumenti gen. nov., sp. nov., an actinomycete isolated from a deteriorated sandstone monument. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2011; 61:1098-1103.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 61, part 5 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2011; 61:1765-1766.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Auraticoccus Alonso-Vega et al. 2011. Publication: Alonso-Vega P, Carro L, Martinez-Molina E, Trujillo ME. Auraticoccus monumenti gen. nov., sp. nov., an actinomycete isolated from a deteriorated sandstone monument. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2011; 61:1098-1103.
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 2 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.
  • 🧍 The genome of the type strain was sequenced as part of the GEBA (Genomic Encyclopedia of Bacteria and Archaea) project. Publication: Nouioui I, Carro L, Garcia-Lopez M, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Woyke T, Kyrpides NC, Pukall R, Klenk HP, Goodfellow M, Goker M. Genome-Based Taxonomic Classification of the Phylum Actinobacteria. Front Microbiol 2018; 9:2007.

Parent taxon: Auraticoccus Alonso-Vega et al. 2011

Assigned by: Alonso-Vega P, Carro L, Martinez-Molina E, Trujillo ME. Auraticoccus monumenti gen. nov., sp. nov., an actinomycete isolated from a deteriorated sandstone monument. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2011; 61:1098-1103.

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Record number: 789192