Name: Dermacoccus profundi Pathom-aree et al. 2006

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: pro.fun’di. L. neut. adj. profundum, depth, abyss; L. gen. neut. n. profundi, of an abyss

Gender: masculine

Type strain: DSM 17575; JCM 14589; MT2.2; NCIMB 14126

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AY894329 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:
  • 😩 Deposit incorrectly indicated in some sources as representing the type strain of this taxon: NCIMB 14084.
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 3 times in PubMed until 2024-03-28.
  • 🧍 In the paper by Pathom-aree et al. 2006, the type strain NCIMB 14126 is erroneously cited as NCIMB 14084. Publication: . Erratum. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol. 2007; 57:197.

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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