Name: Stomatococcus mucilaginosus (ex Migula 1900) Bergan and Kocur 1982

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov., nom. rev.

Etymology: mu.ci.la.gi.no’sus. N.L. masc. adj. mucilaginosus, slimy

Gender: masculine

Type strain: ATCC 25296; CCM 2417; CCUG 20962; CIP 71.14; DSM 20746; IFO 15673; JCM 10910; NBRC 15673; NCTC 10663

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16S rRNA gene: X87758 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Bergan T, Kocur M. Stomatococcus mucilaginosus gen. nov., sp. nov., ep. rev., a member of the family Micrococcaceae. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1982; 32:374-377.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Rothia mucilaginosa (Bergan and Kocur 1982 ex Migula 1900) Collins et al. 2000

Risk group: 2

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Rothia mucilaginosa (Bergan and Kocur 1982 ex Migula 1900) Collins et al. 2000	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • Nomenclatural type of the genus Stomatococcus Bergan and Kocur 1982. Publication: Bergan T, Kocur M. Stomatococcus mucilaginosus gen. nov., sp. nov., ep. rev., a member of the family Micrococcaceae. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1982; 32:374-377.
  • Stomatococcus mucilaginosus is the correct name 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 Stomatococcus.
  • Nom. rev. / basonym "Micrococcus mucilaginosus". Publication: Cohn F. Untersuchungen über Bacterien. II. Beiträge zur Biologie der Pflanzen, 1875, 1, 141-207. {2} MIGULA (W.): System der Bakterien, Vol. 2. Gustav Fischer, Jena, 1900.

Parent taxon: Stomatococcus Bergan and Kocur 1982

Assigned by: Bergan T, Kocur M. Stomatococcus mucilaginosus gen. nov., sp. nov., ep. rev., a member of the family Micrococcaceae. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1982; 32:374-377.

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Record number: 781278