Name: Luteococcus japonicus Tamura et al. 1994

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: ja.po’ni.cus. N.L. masc. adj. japonicus, of or pertaining to Japan, where the organisms were isolated

Gender: masculine

Type strain: ATCC 51526; CCUG 38731; CIP 104067; DSM 10546; IFO 12422; JCM 9415; NBRC 12422; VKM Ac-1951

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16S rRNA gene: D85487 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Tamura T, Takeuchi M, Yokota A. Luteococcus japonicus gen. nov., sp. nov., a new gram-positive coccus with LL-diaminopimelic acid in the cell wall. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1994; 44:348-356.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 44, part 2 of the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1994; 44:596.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • Nomenclatural type of the genus Luteococcus Tamura et al. 1994. Publication: Tamura T, Takeuchi M, Yokota A. Luteococcus japonicus gen. nov., sp. nov., a new gram-positive coccus with LL-diaminopimelic acid in the cell wall. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1994; 44:348-356.

Parent taxon: Luteococcus Tamura et al. 1994

Assigned by: Tamura T, Takeuchi M, Yokota A. Luteococcus japonicus gen. nov., sp. nov., a new gram-positive coccus with LL-diaminopimelic acid in the cell wall. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1994; 44:348-356.

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Record number: 777609