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

Gender: 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

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 5 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.
  • 🧍 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 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