Name: Tessaracoccus rhinocerotis Li et al. 2016

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: rhi.no.ce.ro’tis. L. gen. masc. n. rhinocerotis, of a rhinoceros

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … r^hi-no-ke-RO-tis, masculine

Type strain: CCTCC AB 2013217; DSM 27597; YIM 101269

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: KT215777 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Li GD, Chen X, Li QY, Xu FJ, Qiu SM, Jiang Y, Jiang CL. Tessaracoccus rhinocerotis sp. nov., isolated from the faeces of Rhinoceros unicornis. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2016; 66:922-927. 🇨🇳

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 66, part 2 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2016; 66:1916-1919.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 😷 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 5 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.
  • 🧍 In the original publication, the collection number of the DSMZ is mistakenly cited as DSM 27579, The correct Number is DSM 27597. — Leibniz Institute DSMZ. Prokaryotic Nomenclature Up-to-date, 2018-12-11.

Parent taxon: Tessaracoccus Maszenan et al. 1999

Assigned by: Li GD, Chen X, Li QY, Xu FJ, Qiu SM, Jiang Y, Jiang CL. Tessaracoccus rhinocerotis sp. nov., isolated from the faeces of Rhinoceros unicornis. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2016; 66:922-927. 🇨🇳

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Record number: 793800