Name: Tessaracoccus flavus Kumari et al. 2016

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: fla’vus. L. masc. adj. flavus, yellow

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … FLA-wus, masculine

Type strain: DSM 100159; KCTC 39686; MCC 2769; RP1

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: KP265298 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Kumari R, Singh P, Schumann P, Lal R. Tessaracoccus flavus sp. nov., isolated from the drainage system of a lindane-producing factory. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2016; 66:1862-1868. 🇮🇳

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 66, part 4 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2016; 66:2467-2468.

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:
  • 😢 The terminology used by the authors is in line with many other taxonomic studies and does not negatively affect their main results; some improvements may nevertheless be possible. Using the term "phylogenetic data" (or equivalent) for sequence data is not advocated. Whether taxa can have "members" is debatable. See the LPSN phylogeny page for details. Publication: Göker M. What can genome analysis offer for bacteria? In: Bridge P, Smith D, Stackebrandt E (eds), Trends in the systematics of bacteria and fungi, CAB International, Wallingford, 2021, p. 255-281. 🇬🇧
  • 😷 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 3 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.

Parent taxon: Tessaracoccus Maszenan et al. 1999

Assigned by: Kumari R, Singh P, Schumann P, Lal R. Tessaracoccus flavus sp. nov., isolated from the drainage system of a lindane-producing factory. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2016; 66:1862-1868. 🇮🇳

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Record number: 794024