Name: Pedococcus bigeumensis (Dastager et al. 2008) Nouioui et al. 2018

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: Phycicoccus bigeumensis Dastager et al. 2008

Etymology: bi.geu.men’sis. N.L. masc. adj. bigeumensis, pertaining to Bigeum Island, Korea, from where the type strain was isolated

Pronunciation, gender: bi-ge͡u-MEN-sis, masculine

Type strain: DSM 19264; JCM 16023; KCTC 19266; MSL-03; MSL-30

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: EF466128 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 bigeumensis Dastager 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: 798250