Name: Auricoccus indicus Prakash et al. 2017

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: in’di.cus. L. masc. adj. indicus, pertaining to India the geographical location of sample

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … IN-di-kus, masculine

Type strain: CCUG 69858; KCTC 33611; MCC 3027; S31

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: KU302615 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Prakash O, Muduli S, Kumar R, Kumari C, Nimonkar Y, Shouche YS, Sharma R. Description of Auricoccus indicus gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from skin of human ear. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:1212-1218. 🇮🇳

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 67, part 5 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:2495-2498.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Abyssicoccus albus Jiang et al. 2016

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Abyssicoccus albus Jiang et al. 2016	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Auricoccus Prakash et al. 2017. Publication: Prakash O, Muduli S, Kumar R, Kumari C, Nimonkar Y, Shouche YS, Sharma R. Description of Auricoccus indicus gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from skin of human ear. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:1212-1218. 🇮🇳
  • ⏲ According to Dobritsa and Samadpour (2020), this species is a later heterotypic synonym of Abyssicoccus albus Jiang et al. 2016. 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.
  • ❗ Auricoccus indicus is the correct name instead if this species is regarded as a separate species (i.e., if its nomenclatural type is not assigned to another species whose name is validly published, legitimate and not rejected and has priority) within a separate genus Auricoccus.
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 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.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 3 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.

Parent taxon: Auricoccus Prakash et al. 2017

Assigned by: Prakash O, Muduli S, Kumar R, Kumari C, Nimonkar Y, Shouche YS, Sharma R. Description of Auricoccus indicus gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from skin of human ear. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:1212-1218. 🇮🇳

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