Name: Dermacoccus barathri Pathom-aree et al. 2006

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: ba.ra’thri. L. neut. n. barathrum, a deep pit, an abyss; L. gen. neut. n. barathri, of an abyss

Pronunciation, gender: ba-RA-t^hri, masculine

Type strain: DSM 17574; JCM 14588; MT2.1; NCIMB 14081

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AY894328 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Pathom-Aree W, Nogi Y, Ward AC, Horikoshi K, Bull AT, Goodfellow M. Dermacoccus barathri sp. nov. and Dermacoccus profundi sp. nov., novel actinomycetes isolated from deep-sea mud of the Mariana Trench. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006; 56:2303-2307. 🇬🇧

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 56, part 10 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007; 57:2-3.

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 6 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 pathogenicity of the species itself.
  • 🧍 According to Bartlett et al. (2022), this species is a putative human pathogen. Publication: Bartlett A, Padfield D, Lear L, Bendall R, Vos M. A comprehensive list of bacterial pathogens infecting humans. Microbiology (Reading) 2022; 168:0. 🇬🇧

Parent taxon: Dermacoccus Stackebrandt et al. 1995

Assigned by: Pathom-Aree W, Nogi Y, Ward AC, Horikoshi K, Bull AT, Goodfellow M. Dermacoccus barathri sp. nov. and Dermacoccus profundi sp. nov., novel actinomycetes isolated from deep-sea mud of the Mariana Trench. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006; 56:2303-2307. 🇬🇧

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Record number: 785525