Name: Dermacoccus abyssi Pathom-aree et al. 2006

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: a.bys’si. L. gen. fem. n. abyssi, of an abyss

Pronunciation, gender: a-BYS-si, masculine

Type strain: DSM 17573; JCM 14339; MT1.1; NCIMB 14084

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AB915615 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Pathom-aree W, Nogi Y, Sutcliffe IC, Ward AC, Horikoshi K, Bull AT, Goodfellow M. Dermacoccus abyssi sp. nov., a piezotolerant actinomycete isolated from the Mariana Trench. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006; 56:1233-1237. 🇬🇧

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 56, part 6 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006; 56:2029-2030.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name (and explicitly recommended for medical use)

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 16 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.
  • 🙆 This name is on the List of Recommended Names for bacteria of medical importance (LoRN) as the name to be applied to this species. The name is on LoRN because of the recorded risk group of the genus.
  • 🧍 The specific epithet abyssi is a Latin genitive noun, not a neo-Latin genitive noun as cited in the paper by Pathom-aree et al. 2006. Publication: Euzeby JP. List of Bacterial Names with Standing in Nomenclature: a folder available on the Internet. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1997; 47:590-592. 🇫🇷

Parent taxon: Dermacoccus Stackebrandt et al. 1995

Assigned by: Pathom-aree W, Nogi Y, Sutcliffe IC, Ward AC, Horikoshi K, Bull AT, Goodfellow M. Dermacoccus abyssi sp. nov., a piezotolerant actinomycete isolated from the Mariana Trench. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006; 56:1233-1237. 🇬🇧

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Record number: 775506