Name: Komagataeibacter cocois Liu et al. 2018

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: co.co’is N.L. gen. fem. n. cocois, of Cocos, referring to the origin of contaminated coconut milk from which the type strain was isolated

Gender: masculine

Type strain: CGMCC 1.15338; JCM 31140; WE7

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: KR998072 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Liu LX, Liu SX, Wang YM, Bi JC, Chen HM, Deng J, Zhang C, Hu QS, Li CF. Komagataeibacter cocois sp. nov., a novel cellulose-producing strain isolated from coconut milk. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2018; 68:3125-3131.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 68, part 10 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2019; 69:10-12.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Notes:
  • The phylogenetic position of this species was determined in a genome-scale analysis by Hördt et al. (2020). Publication: Hordt A, Lopez MG, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Schleuning M, Weinhold LM, Tindall BJ, Gronow S, Kyrpides NC, Woyke T, Goker M. Analysis of 1,000+ Type-Strain Genomes Substantially Improves Taxonomic Classification of Alphaproteobacteria. Front Microbiol 2020; 11:468.

Parent taxon: Komagataeibacter Yamada et al. 2013

Assigned by: Liu LX, Liu SX, Wang YM, Bi JC, Chen HM, Deng J, Zhang C, Hu QS, Li CF. Komagataeibacter cocois sp. nov., a novel cellulose-producing strain isolated from coconut milk. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2018; 68:3125-3131.

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