Name: Phycicoccus endophyticus Liu et al. 2016

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: en.do.phy’ti.cus. Gr. pref. endo-, within; Gr. neut. n. phyton, plant; L. masc. adj. suff. -icus, adjectival suffix used with the sense of belonging to; N.L. masc. adj. endophyticus, within plant, endophytic, pertaining to the isolation from plant tissues

Gender: masculine

Type strain: CGMCC 4.7300; DSM 100020; IP6SC6

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: KT327645 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Liu SW, Xu M, Tuo L, Li XJ, Hu L, Chen L, Li RF, Sun CH. Phycicoccus endophyticus sp. nov., an endophytic actinobacterium isolated from Bruguiera gymnorhiza. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2016; 66:1105-1111.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 66, part 3 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2016; 66:2126-2128.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 😷 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: Liu SW, Xu M, Tuo L, Li XJ, Hu L, Chen L, Li RF, Sun CH. Phycicoccus endophyticus sp. nov., an endophytic actinobacterium isolated from Bruguiera gymnorhiza. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2016; 66:1105-1111.

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Record number: 793920