Name: Phycicoccus bigeumensis Dastager et al. 2008

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: bi.ge.um.en’sis. N.L. masc./fem. adj. bigeumensis, pertaining to Bigeum Island, Korea, from where the type strain was isolated

Gender: 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

Valid publication: Dastager SG, Lee JC, Ju YJ, Park DJ, Kim CJ. Phycicoccus bigeumensis sp. nov., a mesophilic actinobacterium isolated from Bigeum Island, Korea. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008; 58:2425-2428.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 58, part 10 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009; 59:3-4.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: synonym

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

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Pedococcus bigeumensis (Dastager et al. 2008) Nouioui et al. 2018	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • ❗ Phycicoccus bigeumensis is the correct name instead if this species is regarded as a separate species (i.e., if its nomenclatural type is not assigned to another species whose name is validly published, legitimate and not rejected and has priority) within a separate genus Phycicoccus.
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 4 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.

Parent taxon: Phycicoccus Lee 2006

Assigned by: Dastager SG, Lee JC, Ju YJ, Park DJ, Kim CJ. Phycicoccus bigeumensis sp. nov., a mesophilic actinobacterium isolated from Bigeum Island, Korea. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008; 58:2425-2428.

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Record number: 787576