Name: Croceicoccus marinus Xu et al. 2009

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: ma.ri’nus. L. masc. adj. marinus, of or belonging to the sea, marine

Gender: masculine

Type strain: CGMCC 1.6776; E4A9; JCM 14846

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: EF623998 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Xu XW, Wu YH, Wang CS, Wang XG, Oren A, Wu M. Croceicoccus marinus gen. nov., sp. nov., a yellow-pigmented bacterium from deep-sea sediment, and emended description of the family Erythrobacteraceae. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009; 59:2247-2253.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 59, part 9 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009; 59:2921-2922.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Emendations:
  • Huang et al. 2015 Huang Y, Zeng Y, Feng H, Wu Y, Xu X. Croceicoccus naphthovorans sp. nov., a polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons-degrading and acylhomoserine-lactone-producing bacterium isolated from marine biofilm, and emended description of the genus Croceicoccus. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2015; 65:1531-1536. Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 65, part 5 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2015; 65:2343-2344.
  • Xu et al. 2020 Xu L, Sun C, Fang C, Oren A, Xu XW. Genomic-based taxonomic classification of the family Erythrobacteraceae. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:4470-4495. Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 70, part 8 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:5602-5608.

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Croceicoccus Xu et al. 2009. Publication: Xu XW, Wu YH, Wang CS, Wang XG, Oren A, Wu M. Croceicoccus marinus gen. nov., sp. nov., a yellow-pigmented bacterium from deep-sea sediment, and emended description of the family Erythrobacteraceae. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009; 59:2247-2253.
  • 😷 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 8 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.
  • 🧍 The phylogenetic position of this species was determined in a genome-scale analysis by Hördt et al. (2020). Publication: Hordt A, Lopez MG, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Schleuning M, Weinhold LM, Tindall BJ, Gronow S, Kyrpides NC, Woyke T, Goker M. Analysis of 1,000+ Type-Strain Genomes Substantially Improves Taxonomic Classification of Alphaproteobacteria. Front Microbiol 2020; 11:468.

Parent taxon: Croceicoccus Xu et al. 2009

Assigned by: Xu XW, Wu YH, Wang CS, Wang XG, Oren A, Wu M. Croceicoccus marinus gen. nov., sp. nov., a yellow-pigmented bacterium from deep-sea sediment, and emended description of the family Erythrobacteraceae. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009; 59:2247-2253.

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