Name: Phycicoccus elongatus (Hanada et al. 2002) Nouioui et al. 2018

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: Tetrasphaera elongata Hanada et al. 2002

Etymology: e.lon.ga’tus. L. masc. part. adj. elongatus, elongated, pertaining to the formation of elongated clumps

Gender: masculine

Type strain: DSM 14184; JCM 11141; Lp2; NBRC 103079

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AB030911 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: 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.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Validation list no. 184. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2018; 68:3379-3393.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Tetrasphaera elongata Hanada et al. 2002	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP, illegitimate name

• Notes:
  • 🧬 The phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is -0.00478 (N = 14).
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 0 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.

Parent taxon: Phycicoccus Lee 2006

Assigned by: 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.

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Record number: 798255