Name: Dermacoccus Stackebrandt et al. 1995
Etymology: Der.ma.coc.cus. Gr. neut. n. derma, skin; N.L. masc. n. coccus, coccus; from Gr. masc. n. kokkos, grain, seed; N.L. masc. n. Dermacoccus, coccus living on skin [probably better: Dermatococcus]
Gender: masculine (stem: Dermacocc-)
Type species: Dermacoccus nishinomiyaensis (Oda 1935) Stackebrandt et al. 1995
Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS
Valid publication: Stackebrandt E, Koch C, Gvozdiak O, Schumann P. Taxonomic dissection of the genus Micrococcus: Kocuria gen. nov., Nesterenkonia gen. nov., Kytococcus gen. nov., Dermacoccus gen. nov., and Micrococcus Cohn 1872 gen. emend. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1995; 45:682-692.
IJSEM list: Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 45, part 4 of the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1996; 46:364-365.
Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP
Taxonomic status: correct name
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: 4
Name | Nomenclatural status | Taxonomic status |
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Dermacoccus abyssi Pathom-aree et al. 2006 | validly published under the ICNP | correct name |
Dermacoccus barathri Pathom-aree et al. 2006 | validly published under the ICNP | correct name |
Dermacoccus nishinomiyaensis (Oda 1935) Stackebrandt et al. 1995 | validly published under the ICNP | correct name |
Dermacoccus profundi Pathom-aree et al. 2006 | validly published under the ICNP | correct name |
Parent taxon: Dermacoccaceae Schumann and Stackebrandt 2000
Assigned by: Stackebrandt E, Schumann P. Description of Bogoriellaceae fam. nov., Dermacoccaceae fam. nov., Rarobacteraceae fam. nov. and Sanguibacteraceae fam. nov. and emendation of some families of the suborder Micrococcineae. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2000; 50:1279-1285.
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Record number: 515492