Name: Phycicoccus ginsengisoli Kang et al. 2016

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: gin.sen.gi’so.li. N.L. neut. n. ginsengum, ginseng; L. neut. n. solum, soil (can be noun or adjective); N.L. gen. neut. n. ginsengisoli, of soil of a ginseng, the source of the organism

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … gin-sen-GI-so-li, masculine

Type strain: DCY 87; JCM 31016; KCTC 39635

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: KF915798 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Kang JP, Kim YJ, Nguyen NL, Hoang VA, Farh ME, Joo SC, Quan LH, Yang DC. Phycicoccus ginsengisoli sp. nov., isolated from cultivated ginseng soil. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2016; 66:5320-5327. 🇰🇷

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 66, part 12 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:525-528.

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. — 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.

Parent taxon: Phycicoccus Lee 2006

Assigned by: Kang JP, Kim YJ, Nguyen NL, Hoang VA, Farh ME, Joo SC, Quan LH, Yang DC. Phycicoccus ginsengisoli sp. nov., isolated from cultivated ginseng soil. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2016; 66:5320-5327. 🇰🇷

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Record number: 794879