Etymology:
Ky.to.coc.cus. Gr. neut. n.kytos, skin (sic); N.L. masc. n.coccus, coccus; from Gr. masc. n.kokkos, grain, seed; N.L. masc. n.Kytococcus, a coccus from skin
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
Risk group:
2
Notes:
🥇 Nomenclatural type of the family Kytococcaceae Nouioui et al. 2018.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.
🧕 Boone et al. (2001) assigned this genus to the family Dermatophilaceae Austwick 1958 (Approved Lists 1980).Publication:
Garrity GM, Holt JG. The Road Map to the Manual. In: Boone DR, Castenholz RW, Garrity GM (eds), Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, second edition, vol. 1 (The Archaea and the deeply branching and phototrophic Bacteria), Springer-Verlag, New York, 2001, p. 119-166.
🧕 Ruckmani et al. (2011) assigned this genus to the family Dermacoccaceae Schumann and Stackebrandt 2000.Publication:
Ruckmani A, Kaur I, Schumann P, Klenk HP, Mayilraj S. Calidifontibacter indicus gen. nov., sp. nov., a member of the family Dermacoccaceae isolated from a hot spring, and emended description of the family Dermacoccaceae. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2011; 61:2419-2424.
🧕 Stackebrandt and Schumann (2000) assigned this genus to the family Dermacoccaceae Schumann and Stackebrandt 2000.Publication:
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.
🧕 Stackebrandt et al. (1997) assigned this genus to the family Dermatophilaceae Austwick 1958 (Approved Lists 1980).Publication:
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.
🧕 Zhi et al. (2009) assigned this genus to the family Dermacoccaceae Schumann and Stackebrandt 2000.Publication:
Zhi XY, Li WJ, Stackebrandt E. An update of the structure and 16S rRNA gene sequence-based definition of higher ranks of the class Actinobacteria, with the proposal of two new suborders and four new families and emended descriptions of the existing higher taxa. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009; 59:589-608.
🚋 The type species of this genus has alternatively been placed in the genus Micrococcus Cohn 1872 (Approved Lists 1980).Publication:
Zobell CE, Upham HC. A list of marine bacteria including descriptions of sixty new species. Bulletin Scripps Institution of Oceanography University of California (Technical Series) 1944; 5:239-292.
🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Kvtococcus"; "Kyotococcus"; "Kytococous"; "Kytocoocus"; "Kytocossus".
🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: CCM: 3; DSM: 3; JCM: 2; CCUG: 2; IFO: 1; NBRC: 1; ATCC: 1; CIP: 1; NCTC: 1; VKM: 1.
😷 The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 2, note = "Animal classification RG: 1 - Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No - Containment level: Containment Level 2".
Subdivision:
Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 3 Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 3 Total number of child taxa: 3
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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