Name: Kineococcus aurantiacus Yokota et al. 1993

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: au.ran.ti.a’cus. N.L. masc. adj. aurantiacus, orange-colored

Gender: masculine

Type strain: ATCC 51238; CIP 105426; DSM 7487; IFO 15268; JCM 10180; NBRC 15268; RA 333; VKM Ac-1947

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16S rRNA gene: X77958 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Yokota A, Tamura T, Nishii T, Hasegawa T. Kineococcus aurantiacus gen. nov., sp. nov., a new aerobic, gram-positive, motile coccus with meso-diaminopimelic acid and arabinogalactan in the cell wall. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1993; 43:52-57.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 43, part 1 of the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1993; 43:399.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Kineococcus Yokota et al. 1993. Publication: Yokota A, Tamura T, Nishii T, Hasegawa T. Kineococcus aurantiacus gen. nov., sp. nov., a new aerobic, gram-positive, motile coccus with meso-diaminopimelic acid and arabinogalactan in the cell wall. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1993; 43:52-57.
  • 😷 The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No". — 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 7 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.

Parent taxon: Kineococcus Yokota et al. 1993

Assigned by: Yokota A, Tamura T, Nishii T, Hasegawa T. Kineococcus aurantiacus gen. nov., sp. nov., a new aerobic, gram-positive, motile coccus with meso-diaminopimelic acid and arabinogalactan in the cell wall. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1993; 43:52-57.

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Record number: 777098