Name: Luteococcus Tamura et al. 1994

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Lu.te.o.coc.cus. L. masc. adj. luteus, yellow; N.L. masc. n. coccus, coccus; from Gr. masc. n. kokkos, grain, seed; N.L. masc. n. Luteococcus, yellow coccus

Gender: masculine (stem: Luteococc-)

Type species: Luteococcus japonicus Tamura et al. 1994

Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Tamura T, Takeuchi M, Yokota A. Luteococcus japonicus gen. nov., sp. nov., a new gram-positive coccus with LL-diaminopimelic acid in the cell wall. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1994; 44:348-356.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 44, part 2 of the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1994; 44:596.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Emendations:
  • Collins et al. 2000 Collins MD, Lawson PA, Nikolaitchouk N, Falsen E. Luteococcus peritonei sp. nov., isolated from the human peritoneum. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2000; 50:179-181. Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 50, part 1 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2000; 50:425-426.
    Notes:
    • ⊕ Emendation accompanied by the proposal of 1 new species in the genus.

• Notes:
  • 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Lateococcus"; "Lueteococcus"; "Luieococcus"; "Luteoeoecus".
  • 💁 Taxonomists who have recently focused on this group are the corresponding authors of Collins et al. (2003). Editors in search of reviewers are advised to consider additional criteria such as whether a taxon is covered by one of the ICSP subcommittees.
  • 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: JCM: 4; DSM: 4; CIP: 3; CCUG: 3; ATCC: 2; NBRC: 1; IFO: 1; CCM: 1; VKM: 1.
  • 😷 The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "Animal classification RG: 1 - Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No - Containment level: Containment Level 1".

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 4
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 4
Total number of child taxa: 5

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    "Candidatus Luteococcus avicola" Gilroy et al. 2021	not validly published	preferred name (not correct name)
    Luteococcus japonicus Tamura et al. 1994	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Luteococcus peritonei Collins et al. 2000	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Luteococcus sanguinis Collins et al. 2003	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Luteococcus sediminum Fan et al. 2014	validly published under the ICNP	correct name

Parent taxon: Propionibacteriaceae Delwiche 1957 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Stackebrandt E, Rainey FA, Ward-Rainey NL. Proposal for a new hierarchic classification system, Actinobacteria classis nov. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1997; 47:479-491.

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