Name: Phycicoccus ginsenosidimutans Wang et al. 2011

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: gin.se.no.si.di.mu’tans. N.L. neut. n. ginsenosidum, ginsenoside; L. pres. part. mutans, transforming, converting; N.L. part. adj. ginsenosidimutans, ginsenoside-converting

Gender: masculine

Type strain: BXN5-13; DSM 21006; JCM 18961; KCTC 19419; LMG 24462

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: EU332824 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Wang L, An DS, Jin FX, Lee ST, Im WT, Bae HM. Phycicoccus ginsenosidimutans sp. nov., isolated from soil of a ginseng field. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2011; 61:524-528.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 61, part 3 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2011; 61:1237-1238.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Pedococcus ginsenosidimutans (Wang et al. 2011) Nouioui et al. 2018

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

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

• Notes:
  • ❗ Phycicoccus ginsenosidimutans 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 3 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.

Parent taxon: Phycicoccus Lee 2006

Assigned by: Wang L, An DS, Jin FX, Lee ST, Im WT, Bae HM. Phycicoccus ginsenosidimutans sp. nov., isolated from soil of a ginseng field. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2011; 61:524-528.

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Record number: 787101