Name: Micrococcoides hystricis Tóth et al. 2017

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: hys’tri.cis. N.L. gen. fem. n. hystricis, of a porcupine, of Hystrix indica

Gender: neuter

Type strain: DSM 29785; NCAIM B.02604; TSL3

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: KP144782 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Toth A, Baka E, Bata-Vidacs I, Luzics S, Kosztik J, Toth E, Keki Z, Schumann P, Tancsics A, Nagy I, et al. Micrococcoides hystricis gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel member of the family Micrococcaceae, phylum Actinobacteria. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:2758-2765.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 67, part 8 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:4294-4297.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Micrococcoides Tóth et al. 2017. Publication: Toth A, Baka E, Bata-Vidacs I, Luzics S, Kosztik J, Toth E, Keki Z, Schumann P, Tancsics A, Nagy I, et al. Micrococcoides hystricis gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel member of the family Micrococcaceae, phylum Actinobacteria. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:2758-2765.
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 1 time in PubMed until 2024-03-27.

Parent taxon: Micrococcoides Tóth et al. 2017

Assigned by: Toth A, Baka E, Bata-Vidacs I, Luzics S, Kosztik J, Toth E, Keki Z, Schumann P, Tancsics A, Nagy I, et al. Micrococcoides hystricis gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel member of the family Micrococcaceae, phylum Actinobacteria. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:2758-2765.

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Record number: 795660