Name: Croceicoccus pelagius Wu et al. 2016

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: pe.la’gi.us. L. masc. adj. pelagius, of the sea, marine

Pronunciation, gender: pe-LA-gi-us, masculine

Type strain: CGMCC 1.15358; DSM 101479; Ery9

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: KT383844 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Wu YH, Li GY, Jian SL, Cheng H, Huo YY, Wang CS, Shao ZZ, Xu XW. Croceicoccus pelagius sp. nov. and Croceicoccus mobilis sp. nov., isolated from marine environments. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2016; 66:4506-4511. 🇨🇳

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 66, part 11 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:179-182.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 😷 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 6 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.
  • 🧍 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: Wu YH, Li GY, Jian SL, Cheng H, Huo YY, Wang CS, Shao ZZ, Xu XW. Croceicoccus pelagius sp. nov. and Croceicoccus mobilis sp. nov., isolated from marine environments. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2016; 66:4506-4511. 🇨🇳

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Record number: 794840