Name: Terracoccus luteus Prauser et al. 1997

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: lu’te.us. L. masc. adj. luteus, yellow

Gender: masculine

Type strain: ATCC 700812; CCUG 39186; CIP 105511; DSM 44267; IFO 16165; IMET 7848; JCM 10981; NBRC 16165

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: Y11928 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Prauser H, Schumann P, Rainey FA, Kroppenstedt RM, Stackebrandt E. Terracoccus luteus gen. nov., sp. nov., an LL-diaminopimelic acid-containing coccoid actinomycete from soil. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1997; 47:1218-1224.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 47, part 4 of the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1998; 48:329-330.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Terracoccus Prauser et al. 1997. Publication: Prauser H, Schumann P, Rainey FA, Kroppenstedt RM, Stackebrandt E. Terracoccus luteus gen. nov., sp. nov., an LL-diaminopimelic acid-containing coccoid actinomycete from soil. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1997; 47:1218-1224.
  • 😷 The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "Animal classification RG: 1 - Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No - Containment level: Containment Level 1". — The risk group for Swiss Confederation has been imported on 2024-02-01. The full classification is: risk group = 1. — 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 2024-03-28.

Parent taxon: Terracoccus Prauser et al. 1997

Assigned by: Prauser H, Schumann P, Rainey FA, Kroppenstedt RM, Stackebrandt E. Terracoccus luteus gen. nov., sp. nov., an LL-diaminopimelic acid-containing coccoid actinomycete from soil. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1997; 47:1218-1224.

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