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

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: "Sarcina morrhuae" Farlow 1880

Etymology: mor.rhu.ae. 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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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, lectotype

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. — 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 28 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.
  • 🧍 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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