Name: Ilumatobacter coccineus corrig. Matsumoto et al. 2013

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: coc.ci’ne.us. L. masc. adj. coccineus, scarlet

Pronunciation, gender: kok-KI-ne-us, masculine

Type strain: KCTC 29153; NBRC 103263; YM 16-304

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AB360346 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Matsumoto A, Kasai H, Matsuo Y, Shizuri Y, Ichikawa N, Fujita N, Omura S, Takahashi Y. Ilumatobacter nonamiense sp. nov. and Ilumatobacter coccineum sp. nov., isolated from seashore sand. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:3404-3408.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 63, part 9 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:4371-4373.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name (and explicitly recommended for medical use)

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Ilumatobacter coccineum Matsumoto et al. 2013	other spelling of name, inaccurate spelling

• Notes:
  • 🧬 The phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is 0.04835 (N = 1).
  • 🎓 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 risk group of other species in the genus.
  • 🧍 The gender of the epithet was corrected from neuter to masculine in the Notification List in IJSEM, hence the corrig. designation. Publication: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 63, part 9 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:4371-4373.
  • 🧍 The phylogenetic position of this species was determined in a genome-scale analysis by Nouioui et al. (2018). Publication: Nouioui I, Carro L, Garcia-Lopez M, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Woyke T, Kyrpides NC, Pukall R, Klenk HP, Goodfellow M, Goker M. Genome-Based Taxonomic Classification of the Phylum Actinobacteria. Front Microbiol 2018; 9:2007.
  • 🧍 The original spelling of the specific epithet, coccineum (sic), has been corrected in the IJSEM Notification List (IJSEM 63:4372). Publication: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 63, part 9 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:4371-4373.

Parent taxon: Ilumatobacter Matsumoto et al. 2009

Assigned by: Matsumoto A, Kasai H, Matsuo Y, Shizuri Y, Ichikawa N, Fujita N, Omura S, Takahashi Y. Ilumatobacter nonamiense sp. nov. and Ilumatobacter coccineum sp. nov., isolated from seashore sand. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:3404-3408.

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Record number: 794431