Name: "Cephaloticoccus primus" Lin et al. 2016

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: pri’mus. L. masc. adj. primus, first, the first to be found

Gender: masculine

Nomenclatural type: ATCC TSD-38; CAG34; NCIMB 15004

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16S rRNA gene: KM066004 Analyse FASTA

Original publication: Lin JY, Russell JA, Sanders JG, Wertz JT. Cephaloticoccus gen. nov., a new genus of 'Verrucomicrobia' containing two novel species isolated from Cephalotes ant guts. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2016; 66:3034-3040.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 66, part 8 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2016; 66:4306-4309.

Nomenclatural status: not validly published

Taxonomic status: preferred name (not correct name)

Risk group: 1

• Emendations:
  • García-López et al. 2019 Garcia-Lopez M, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Tindall BJ, Gronow S, Woyke T, Kyrpides NC, Hahnke RL, Goker M. Analysis of 1,000 Type-Strain Genomes Improves Taxonomic Classification of Bacteroidetes. Front Microbiol 2019; 10:2083. 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 "Cephaloticoccus" Lin et al. 2016. Publication: Lin JY, Russell JA, Sanders JG, Wertz JT. Cephaloticoccus gen. nov., a new genus of 'Verrucomicrobia' containing two novel species isolated from Cephalotes ant guts. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2016; 66:3034-3040.
  • 😷 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.
  • 🧍 Considered not validly published. The name is not validly published as Lin et al. 2016 did not designate a type species for the genus Cephaloticoccus [Rule 27(3)]. Publication: Lin JY, Russell JA, Sanders JG, Wertz JT. Corrigendum: Cephaloticoccus gen. nov., a new genus of 'Verrucomicrobia' containing two novel species isolated from Cephalotes ant guts. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:523.
  • 🧍 The type species of the genus Cephaloticoccus was designated in a corrigendum: IJSEM 67:523. Publication: Lin JY, Russell JA, Sanders JG, Wertz JT. Corrigendum: Cephaloticoccus gen. nov., a new genus of 'Verrucomicrobia' containing two novel species isolated from Cephalotes ant guts. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:523.

Parent taxon: "Cephaloticoccus" Lin et al. 2016

Assigned by: Lin JY, Russell JA, Sanders JG, Wertz JT. Cephaloticoccus gen. nov., a new genus of 'Verrucomicrobia' containing two novel species isolated from Cephalotes ant guts. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2016; 66:3034-3040.

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