Name: Tessaracoccus bendigoensis Maszenan et al. 1999

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: ben.di.go.en’sis. N.L. masc. adj. bendigoensis, referring to Bendigo, the place of origin of the isolate [probably better: bendigonensis]

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … ben-di-go-EN-sis, masculine

Type strain: ACM 5119; Ben 106; DSM 12906; JCM 13525

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AF038504 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Maszenan AM, Seviour RJ, Patel BK, Schumann P, Rees GN. Tessaracoccus bendigoensis gen. nov., sp. nov., a gram-positive coccus occurring in regular packages or tetrads, isolated from activated sludge biomass. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1999; 49:459-468. 🇦🇺

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 49, part 2 of the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1999; 49:937-939.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Emendations:
  • Nouioui et al. 2018 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. 🇩🇪 Oren A, Garrity GM. List of changes in taxonomic opinion no. 29. Notification of changes in taxonomic opinion previously published outside the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2019; 69:13-32.

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Tessaracoccus Maszenan et al. 1999. Publication: Maszenan AM, Seviour RJ, Patel BK, Schumann P, Rees GN. Tessaracoccus bendigoensis gen. nov., sp. nov., a gram-positive coccus occurring in regular packages or tetrads, isolated from activated sludge biomass. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1999; 49:459-468. 🇦🇺
  • 😷 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 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 8 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.

Parent taxon: Tessaracoccus Maszenan et al. 1999

Assigned by: Maszenan AM, Seviour RJ, Patel BK, Schumann P, Rees GN. Tessaracoccus bendigoensis gen. nov., sp. nov., a gram-positive coccus occurring in regular packages or tetrads, isolated from activated sludge biomass. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1999; 49:459-468. 🇦🇺

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Record number: 782428