Name: Pelagicoccus croceus Yoon et al. 2007

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: cro’ce.us. L. masc. adj. croceus, saffron-coloured, yellow, golden, referring to the pale-yellow colour of colonies

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … KRO-ke-us, masculine

Type strain: KCTC 12903; MBIC 8283; N5FB36-5; NBRC 103625

See detailed strain information at

16S rRNA gene: AB297922 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Yoon J, Oku N, Matsuda S, Kasai H, Yokota A. Pelagicoccus croceus sp. nov., a novel marine member of the family Puniceicoccaceae within the phylum 'Verrucomicrobia' isolated from seagrass. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007; 57:2874-2880. 🇯🇵

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 57, part 12 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008; 58:531-532.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 😢 The terminology used by the authors is in line with many other taxonomic studies and does not negatively affect their main results; some improvements may nevertheless be possible. The term "phylogenetic definition" is not recommended. Whether taxa can have "members" is debatable. See the LPSN phylogeny page for details. Publication: Göker M. What can genome analysis offer for bacteria? In: Bridge P, Smith D, Stackebrandt E (eds), Trends in the systematics of bacteria and fungi, CAB International, Wallingford, 2021, p. 255-281. 🇬🇧
  • 😷 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 1 time in PubMed until 2025-06-04.
  • 🧍 In the paper by Yoon et al. 2007, the type strain MBIC08283 is erroneously cited as MBIC08282. Publication: . Erratum. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol. 2010; 60:718.

Parent taxon: Pelagicoccus Yoon et al. 2007

Assigned by: Yoon J, Oku N, Matsuda S, Kasai H, Yokota A. Pelagicoccus croceus sp. nov., a novel marine member of the family Puniceicoccaceae within the phylum 'Verrucomicrobia' isolated from seagrass. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007; 57:2874-2880. 🇯🇵

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Record number: 787062