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Species Paracoccus kocurii
Name: Paracoccus kocurii Ohara et al. 1990
Etymology: ko.cu’ri.i. N.L. gen. masc. n. kocurii, of Kocur, named after Miloslav Kocur, Czechoslovakian bacteriologist
Type strain: ATCC 49631; B; CIP 106074; DSM 8536; IFO 16713; JCM 7684; NBRC 16713; VKM B-2139
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16S rRNA gene:
AB681114
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FASTA
Valid publication:
Ohara M, Katayama Y, Tsuzaki M, Nakamoto S, Kuraishi H. Paracoccus kocurii sp. nov., a tetramethylammonium-assimilating bacterium. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1990; 40:292-296. 
Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP
Taxonomic status: correct name (and explicitly recommended for medical use)
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Notes:
- 😷 The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No". — The risk group for Swiss Confederation has been imported on 2024-02-01. The full classification is: risk group = 1. — The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1. — If in doubt, use the risk group given in the regulations for your country and, if these are not available, use the risk group given in the catalogue of the culture collection from which you have obtained or intend to obtain the strain.
- 🎓 Name mentioned 4 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.
- 🙆 This name is on the List of Recommended Names for bacteria of medical importance (LoRN) as the name to be applied to this species. The name is on LoRN because of the recorded risk group of other species in the genus.
Parent taxon: Paracoccus Davis 1969 (Approved Lists 1980)
Assigned by:
Ohara M, Katayama Y, Tsuzaki M, Nakamoto S, Kuraishi H. Paracoccus kocurii sp. nov., a tetramethylammonium-assimilating bacterium. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1990; 40:292-296.
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Record number: 779160
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