Name: Phycicoccus dokdonensis Yoon et al. 2008

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: dok.do.nen’sis. N.L. masc./fem. adj. dokdonensis, of or belonging to Dokdo, Korea, from where the type strain was isolated

Gender: masculine

Type strain: CCUG 54521; DS-8; DSM 22329; JCM 19120; KCTC 19248

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: EF555583 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Yoon JH, Lee SY, Kang SJ, Oh TK. Phycicoccus dokdonensis sp. nov., isolated from soil. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008; 58:597-600.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 58, part 3 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008; 58:1273-1274.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Pedococcus dokdonensis (Yoon et al. 2008) Nouioui et al. 2018

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

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

• Notes:
  • ❗ Phycicoccus dokdonensis 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 6 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.
  • 🧍 The genome of the type strain was sequenced as part of the GEBA (Genomic Encyclopedia of Bacteria and Archaea) project. 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: Yoon JH, Lee SY, Kang SJ, Oh TK. Phycicoccus dokdonensis sp. nov., isolated from soil. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008; 58:597-600.

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