Name: Pedococcus aerophilus (Weon et al. 2008) Nouioui et al. 2018

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: Phycicoccus aerophilus Weon et al. 2008

Etymology: ae.ro’phi.lus. Gr. masc. n. aêr, air; Gr. masc. adj. philos, loving; N.L. masc. adj. aerophilus, air-loving

Pronunciation, gender: a͡e-RO-p^hi-lus, masculine

Type strain: 5516T-20; DSM 18548; JCM 16378; KACC 20658; NBRC 106307

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: EF493847 Analyse FASTA

Effective 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. 🇩🇪

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Validation list no. 184. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2018; 68:3379-3393.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Phycicoccus aerophilus Weon et al. 2008	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 0 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.

Parent taxon: Pedococcus Nouioui et al. 2018

Assigned by: 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. 🇩🇪

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Record number: 798249