Name: Halococcus morrhuae (Farlow 1880) Kocur and Hodgkiss 1973 (Approved Lists 1980)

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: "Sarcina morrhuae" Farlow 1880

Etymology: N.L. fem. n. morrhua, morrhua, the specific epithet of the codfish, Gadus morhua L. (often misspelled morrhua); N.L. gen. fem. n. morrhuae, of the codfish

Gender: masculine

Type strain: ATCC 17082; DSM 1307; IFO 14719; JCM 8876; NBRC 14719; VKM B-1772

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AB663368 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Kocur M, Hodgkiss W. Taxonomic status of the genus Halococcus Schoop. International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology 1973; 23:151-156.

IJSEM list: Skerman VBD, McGowan V, Sneath PHA. Approved lists of bacterial names. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1980; 30:225-420.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    "Sarcina morrhuae" Farlow 1880	homotypic synonym, not validly published, basonym of name in Approved Lists

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Halococcus Schoop 1935 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: Schoop G. Halococcus litoralis, ein obligat halphiler Farbstoffbildner. Deutsche Tierärztliche Wochenschrift 1935; 43:817-820.
  • 😷 The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No". — The risk group for Swiss Confederation has been imported on 2024-02-01. The full classification is: risk group = 1. — The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 28 times in PubMed until 2024-03-28.
  • 🧍 Although Klebahn (1919) was probably the first to adequately describe this group of organisms, he did not propose a new species [2]. Publication: Grant WD. Genus IV. Halococcus Schoop 1935a, 817AL. In: Boone DR, Castenholz RW, Garrity GM (eds), Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, second edition, vol. 1 (The Archaea and the deeply branching and phototrophic Bacteria), Springer-Verlag, New York, 2001, p. 311-314.
  • 🧍 In the first edition of the Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology [1] and in the second edition of the Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology [2], the description of Halococcus morrhuae was attributed to Klebahn 1919 as Halococcus morrhuae (Klebahn 1919) Kocur and Hodgkiss 1973. Publication: Larsen H. Genus IV. Halococcus Schoop 1935, 817AL. In: Staley JT, Bryant MP, Pfennig N, Holt JG (eds), Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, first edition, vol. 3, The Williams & Wilkins Co., Baltimore, 1989, p. 2228-2230.

Parent taxon: Halococcus Schoop 1935 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Kocur M, Hodgkiss W. Taxonomic status of the genus Halococcus Schoop. International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology 1973; 23:151-156.

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