Name: Aerococcus Williams et al. 1953 (Approved Lists 1980)

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Ae.ro.coc.cus. Gr. masc. n. aêr, air, gas; N.L. masc. n. coccus, a berry; from Gr. masc. n. kokkos, grain; N.L. masc. n. Aerococcus, air coccus

Gender: masculine (stem: Aerococc-)

Type species: Aerococcus viridans Williams et al. 1953 (Approved Lists 1980)

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Williams RE, Hirch A, Cowan ST. Aerococcus, a new bacterial genus. J Gen Microbiol 1953; 8:475-480.

IJSEM list: Skerman VBD, McGowan V, Sneath PHA. Approved lists of bacterial names. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1980; 30:225-420.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 2

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 13
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 13
Total number of child taxa: 14

Parent taxon: Aerococcaceae Ludwig et al. 2010

Assigned by: Ludwig W, Schleifer K-H, Whitman WB. Family II. Aerococcaceae fam. nov. In: De Vos P, Garrity GM, Jones D, Krieg NR, Ludwig W, Rainey FA, K.-H. S, Whitman WB (eds), Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, 2nd edn, vol. 3 (The Firmicutes), Springer, New York, 2009, p. 533.

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