Name: Phycicoccus jejuensis Lee 2006

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: je.ju.en’sis. N.L. masc. adj. jejuensis, of Jeju, Republic of Korea, the site at which the type strain was isolated

Pronunciation, gender: je-ju-EN-sis, masculine

Type strain: JCM 15616; KCCM 42315; KSW2-15; NRRL B-24460

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16S rRNA gene: DQ345443 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Lee SD. Phycicoccus jejuensis gen. nov., sp. nov., an actinomycete isolated from seaweed. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006; 56:2369-2373.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 56, part 10 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007; 57:2-3.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Phycicoccus Lee 2006. Publication: Lee SD. Phycicoccus jejuensis gen. nov., sp. nov., an actinomycete isolated from seaweed. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006; 56:2369-2373.
  • 😷 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 6 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.
  • 🧍 Another new genus and new species have been described in the Intrasporangiaceae (Kribbia and Kribbia dieselivorans), with the same diagnostic diamino acid, after the paper by Lee 2006 was accepted for publication. Publication: Jung SY, Kim HS, Song JJ, Lee SG, Oh TK, Yoon JH. Kribbia dieselivorans gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel member of the family Intrasporangiaceae. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006; 56:2427-2432.

Parent taxon: Phycicoccus Lee 2006

Assigned by: Lee SD. Phycicoccus jejuensis gen. nov., sp. nov., an actinomycete isolated from seaweed. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006; 56:2369-2373.

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