Name: Corallococcus Reichenbach 2007
Etymology: Co.ral.lo.coc.cus. Gr. neut. n. korallion, coral; Gr. masc. n. kokkos, berry; N.L. masc. n. Corallococcus, coral-shaped coccus (i.e. with coral-shaped fruiting bodies)
Gender: masculine (stem: Corallococc-)
Type species: Corallococcus coralloides (Thaxter 1892) Reichenbach 2007
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Effective publication: Reichenbach H. Genus II. Corallococcus gen. nov. (Chondrococcus Jahn 1924, 85). In: Brenner DJ, Krieg NR, Staley JT, Garrity GM (eds), Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, 2nd edn, vol. 2 (The Proteobacteria), part C (The Alpha-, Beta-, Delta-, and Epsilonproteobacteria), Springer, New York, 2005, p. 1079-1082.
IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Validation list no. 115. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007; 57:893-897.
Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP
Taxonomic status: correct name
Name | Kind |
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"Chondrococcus" Jahn 1924 | heterotypic synonym, not validly published |
Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 12
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 12
Total number of child taxa: 13
Parent taxon: Myxococcaceae Jahn 1924 (Approved Lists 1980)
Assigned by: Garcia R, Muller R. Simulacricoccus ruber gen. nov., sp. nov., a microaerotolerant, non-fruiting, myxospore-forming soil myxobacterium and emended description of the family Myxococcaceae. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2018; 68:3101-3110.
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