Name: Phycicoccus cremeus Zhang et al. 2011

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: cre’me.us. N.L. masc. adj. cremeus, cream-white

Gender: masculine

Type strain: CGMCC 1.6963; DSM 28108; JCM 17739; NBRC 104261; V2M29

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: FJ529696 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Zhang JY, Liu XY, Liu SJ. Phycicoccus cremeus sp. nov., isolated from forest soil, and emended description of the genus Phycicoccus. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2011; 61:71-75.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 61, part 1 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2011; 61:701-702.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Pedococcus cremeus (Zhang et al. 2011) Nouioui et al. 2018

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Pedococcus cremeus (Zhang et al. 2011) Nouioui et al. 2018	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • ❗ Phycicoccus cremeus 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. — 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 3 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.
  • 🧍 The phylogenetic position of this species was determined in a genome-scale analysis by Nouioui et al. (2018). 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.

Parent taxon: Phycicoccus Lee 2006

Assigned by: Zhang JY, Liu XY, Liu SJ. Phycicoccus cremeus sp. nov., isolated from forest soil, and emended description of the genus Phycicoccus. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2011; 61:71-75.

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