Name: Mobilicoccus pelagius Hamada et al. 2011

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: pe.la’gi.us. L. masc. adj. pelagius, of the sea, marine

Gender: masculine

Type strain: Aji5-31; DSM 22762; NBRC 104925

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AB550798 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Hamada M, Iino T, Iwami T, Harayama S, Tamura T, Suzuki K. Mobilicoccus pelagius gen. nov., sp. nov. and Piscicoccus intestinalis gen. nov., sp. nov., two new members of the family Dermatophilaceae, and reclassification of Dermatophilus chelonae (Masters et al. 1995) as Austwickia chelonae gen. nov., comb. nov. J Gen Appl Microbiol 2010; 56:427-436.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Validation list no. 139. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2011; 61:1011-1013.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Mobilicoccus Hamada et al. 2011. Publication: Hamada M, Iino T, Iwami T, Harayama S, Tamura T, Suzuki K. Mobilicoccus pelagius gen. nov., sp. nov. and Piscicoccus intestinalis gen. nov., sp. nov., two new members of the family Dermatophilaceae, and reclassification of Dermatophilus chelonae (Masters et al. 1995) as Austwickia chelonae gen. nov., comb. nov. J Gen Appl Microbiol 2010; 56:427-436.
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 4 times in PubMed until 2024-03-28.
  • 🧍 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.

Parent taxon: Mobilicoccus Hamada et al. 2011

Assigned by: Hamada M, Iino T, Iwami T, Harayama S, Tamura T, Suzuki K. Mobilicoccus pelagius gen. nov., sp. nov. and Piscicoccus intestinalis gen. nov., sp. nov., two new members of the family Dermatophilaceae, and reclassification of Dermatophilus chelonae (Masters et al. 1995) as Austwickia chelonae gen. nov., comb. nov. J Gen Appl Microbiol 2010; 56:427-436.

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