Name: Cerasicoccus arenae Yoon et al. 2007

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: a.re’nae. L. gen. fem. n. arenae, of sand

Gender: masculine

Type strain: KCTC 12870; MBIC 8280; NBRC 103621; YM 26-026

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AB292183 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Yoon J, Matsuo Y, Matsuda S, Adachi K, Kasai H, Yokota A. Cerasicoccus arenae gen. nov., sp. nov., a carotenoid-producing marine representative of the family Puniceicoccaceae within the phylum 'Verrucomicrobia', isolated from marine sand. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007; 57:2067-2072.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 57, part 9 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007; 57:2727-2728.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Cerasicoccus Yoon et al. 2007. Publication: Yoon J, Matsuo Y, Matsuda S, Adachi K, Kasai H, Yokota A. Cerasicoccus arenae gen. nov., sp. nov., a carotenoid-producing marine representative of the family Puniceicoccaceae within the phylum 'Verrucomicrobia', isolated from marine sand. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007; 57:2067-2072.
  • 😷 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 2024-03-28.

Parent taxon: Cerasicoccus Yoon et al. 2007

Assigned by: Yoon J, Matsuo Y, Matsuda S, Adachi K, Kasai H, Yokota A. Cerasicoccus arenae gen. nov., sp. nov., a carotenoid-producing marine representative of the family Puniceicoccaceae within the phylum 'Verrucomicrobia', isolated from marine sand. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007; 57:2067-2072.

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