Name: Jeotgalicoccus pinnipedialis Hoyles et al. 2004

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: pin.ni.pe.di.a’lis. N.L. masc. adj. pinnipedialis, pertaining to pinnipeds

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … pin-ni-pe-di-A-lis, masculine

Type strain: A/G14/99/10; CCUG 42722; CIP 107946; DSM 17030

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AJ251530 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Hoyles L, Collins MD, Foster G, Falsen E, Schumann P. Jeotgalicoccus pinnipedialis sp. nov., from a southern elephant seal (Mirounga leonina). Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004; 54:745-748. 🇬🇧

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 54, part 3 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004; 54:1427-1428.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Phocicoccus pinnipedialis (Hoyles et al. 2004) Bello et al. 2024

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Phocicoccus pinnipedialis (Hoyles et al. 2004) Bello et al. 2024	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • ❗ Jeotgalicoccus pinnipedialis is the correct name instead if this species is regarded as a separate species (i.e., if its nomenclatural type is not assigned to another species whose name is validly published, legitimate and not rejected and has priority) within a separate genus Jeotgalicoccus.
  • 😷 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 5 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.

Parent taxon: Jeotgalicoccus Yoon et al. 2003

Assigned by: Hoyles L, Collins MD, Foster G, Falsen E, Schumann P. Jeotgalicoccus pinnipedialis sp. nov., from a southern elephant seal (Mirounga leonina). Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004; 54:745-748. 🇬🇧

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Record number: 777067