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Species Paracoccus marcusii
Name: Paracoccus marcusii Harker et al. 1998
Etymology: mar.cu’si.i. N.L. gen. masc. n. marcusii, referring to the late Menashe Marcus, an Israeli geneticist
Pronunciation, gender: mar-KU-si-i, masculine
Type strain: DSM 11574; MH1
16S rRNA gene:
Y12703
Analyse
FASTA
Valid publication:
Harker M, Hirschberg J, Oren A. Paracoccus marcusii sp. nov., an orange gram-negative coccus. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1998; 48:543-548. 
IJSEM list:
Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 48, part 2 of the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1998; 48:633-634.
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 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 29 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.
- 🧍 According to Dr. B.J. Tindall (DSMZ), the strain DSM 11574 is a patent strain. — Tindall BJ. Personal communication, 2004-06-17.
Parent taxon: Paracoccus Davis 1969 (Approved Lists 1980)
Assigned by:
Harker M, Hirschberg J, Oren A. Paracoccus marcusii sp. nov., an orange gram-negative coccus. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1998; 48:543-548.
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Record number: 784569
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