Name: Oceanipulchritudo coccoides Feng et al. 2020

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: coc.co’i.des. N.L. masc. n. coccus, grain, seed; from Gr. masc. n. kokkos, grain; L. adj. suff. -oides, resembling, similar; from Gr. neut. adj. suff. -eides, resembling, similar; from Gr. neut. n. eîdos, that which is seen, form, shape, figure; N.L. adj. coccoides, similar to a round, ball-shaped cell morphology

Gender: feminine

Type strain: CK1056; KCTC 72798; MCCC 1H00425

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: MN689931 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Feng X, Zou QH, Zhang XY, Ye MQ, Du ZJ. Oceanipulchritudo coccoides gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from marine sediment within the family Puniceicoccaceae. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:5654-5664.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 70, part 11 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2021; 71:4645.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Oceanipulchritudo Feng et al. 2020. Publication: Feng X, Zou QH, Zhang XY, Ye MQ, Du ZJ. Oceanipulchritudo coccoides gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from marine sediment within the family Puniceicoccaceae. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:5654-5664.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 1 time in PubMed until 2024-03-28.

Parent taxon: Oceanipulchritudo Feng et al. 2020

Assigned by: Feng X, Zou QH, Zhang XY, Ye MQ, Du ZJ. Oceanipulchritudo coccoides gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from marine sediment within the family Puniceicoccaceae. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:5654-5664.

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Record number: 14640