Name: Catellicoccus marimammalium Lawson et al. 2006

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: ma’ri.mam.ma’li.um. L. neut. n. mare, the sea; N.L. neut. n. mammalium, of mammals (also as genitive plural of mammalis); N.L. gen. neut. pl. n. marimammalium, of marine mammals [probably better: marimammaliorum]

Gender: masculine

Type strain: CCUG 49459; CIP 108575; DSM 18331; M35/04/3

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AJ854484 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Lawson PA, Collins MD, Falsen E, Foster G. Catellicoccus marimammalium gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel Gram-positive, catalase-negative, coccus-shaped bacterium from porpoise and grey seal. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006; 56:429-432.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 56, part 2 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006; 56:929-930.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Catellicoccus Lawson et al. 2006. Publication: Lawson PA, Collins MD, Falsen E, Foster G. Catellicoccus marimammalium gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel Gram-positive, catalase-negative, coccus-shaped bacterium from porpoise and grey seal. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006; 56:429-432.
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "t+".
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 20 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.

Parent taxon: Catellicoccus Lawson et al. 2006

Assigned by: Lawson PA, Collins MD, Falsen E, Foster G. Catellicoccus marimammalium gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel Gram-positive, catalase-negative, coccus-shaped bacterium from porpoise and grey seal. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006; 56:429-432.

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