Name: Citricoccus muralis Altenburger et al. 2002

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: mu.ra’lis. L. masc./fem. adj. muralis, pertaining or belonging to walls

Gender: masculine

Type strain: 4-0; CCM 4981; CCUG 51768; DSM 14442; JCM 12134

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AJ344143 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Altenburger P, Kampfer P, Schumann P, Steiner R, Lubitz W, Busse HJ. Citricoccus muralis gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel actinobacterium isolated from a medieval wall painting. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2002; 52:2095-2100.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 52, part 6 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2003; 53:375-376.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Citricoccus Altenburger et al. 2002. Publication: Altenburger P, Kampfer P, Schumann P, Steiner R, Lubitz W, Busse HJ. Citricoccus muralis gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel actinobacterium isolated from a medieval wall painting. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2002; 52:2095-2100.
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 6 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.
  • 🧍 The DSMZ accession number of the type strain should read DSM 14442, not DSM 11442 as cited. — Leibniz Institute DSMZ. Prokaryotic Nomenclature Up-to-date, 2018-12-11.
  • 🧍 In the paper by Altenburger et al. 2002, the type strain DSM 14442 is erroneously cited as DSM 11442. — Weiss N. Personal communication, 2002-11-27.

Parent taxon: Citricoccus Altenburger et al. 2002

Assigned by: Altenburger P, Kampfer P, Schumann P, Steiner R, Lubitz W, Busse HJ. Citricoccus muralis gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel actinobacterium isolated from a medieval wall painting. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2002; 52:2095-2100.

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Record number: 774742