Etymology:
Ma.gne.to.coc’cus. Gr. masc. n.Magnês (gen. Magnêtos), pertaining to a magnet; N.L. masc. n.coccus, a coccus; from Gr. masc. n.kokkos, a grain, seed; N.L. masc. n.Magnetococcus, the magnetic coccus, referring to its coccoid morphology and magnetotactic behaviour
Valid publication:
Bazylinski DA, Williams TJ, Lefevre CT, Berg RJ, Zhang CL, Bowser SS, Dean AJ, Beveridge TJ. Magnetococcus marinus gen. nov., sp. nov., a marine, magnetotactic bacterium that represents a novel lineage (Magnetococcaceae fam. nov., Magnetococcales ord. nov.) at the base of the Alphaproteobacteria. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:801-808.
IJSEM list:
Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 63, part 3 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:1939-1941.
Nomenclatural status:
validly published under the ICNP
🥇 Nomenclatural type of the class Magnetococcia Chuvochina et al. 2024.Publication:
Chuvochina M, Mussig AJ, Chaumeil PA, Skarshewski A, Rinke C, Parks DH, Hugenholtz P. Proposal of names for 329 higher rank taxa defined in the Genome Taxonomy Database under two prokaryotic codes. FEMS Microbiol Lett 2023; 0:0.
🥇 Nomenclatural type of the family Magnetococcaceae Bazylinski et al. 2013.Publication:
Bazylinski DA, Williams TJ, Lefevre CT, Berg RJ, Zhang CL, Bowser SS, Dean AJ, Beveridge TJ. Magnetococcus marinus gen. nov., sp. nov., a marine, magnetotactic bacterium that represents a novel lineage (Magnetococcaceae fam. nov., Magnetococcales ord. nov.) at the base of the Alphaproteobacteria. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:801-808.
🥇 Nomenclatural type of the order Magnetococcales Bazylinski et al. 2013.Publication:
Bazylinski DA, Williams TJ, Lefevre CT, Berg RJ, Zhang CL, Bowser SS, Dean AJ, Beveridge TJ. Magnetococcus marinus gen. nov., sp. nov., a marine, magnetotactic bacterium that represents a novel lineage (Magnetococcaceae fam. nov., Magnetococcales ord. nov.) at the base of the Alphaproteobacteria. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:801-808.
🧕 Bazylinski et al. (2013) assigned this genus to the order Magnetococcales Bazylinski et al. 2013.Publication:
Bazylinski DA, Williams TJ, Lefevre CT, Berg RJ, Zhang CL, Bowser SS, Dean AJ, Beveridge TJ. Magnetococcus marinus gen. nov., sp. nov., a marine, magnetotactic bacterium that represents a novel lineage (Magnetococcaceae fam. nov., Magnetococcales ord. nov.) at the base of the Alphaproteobacteria. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:801-808.
🧕 Chuvochina et al. (2023) assigned this genus to the class Magnetococcia Chuvochina et al. 2024.Publication:
Chuvochina M, Mussig AJ, Chaumeil PA, Skarshewski A, Rinke C, Parks DH, Hugenholtz P. Proposal of names for 329 higher rank taxa defined in the Genome Taxonomy Database under two prokaryotic codes. FEMS Microbiol Lett 2023; 0:0.
🚋 The type species of this genus has alternatively been placed in the genus "Candidatus Magnetococcus" Lefèvre et al. 2012.Publication:
Lefevre CT, Viloria N, Schmidt ML, Posfai M, Frankel RB, Bazylinski DA. Novel magnetite-producing magnetotactic bacteria belonging to the Gammaproteobacteria. ISME J 2012; 6:440-450.
🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: ATCC: 1; JCM: 1.
Subdivision:
Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 1 Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 1 Total number of child taxa: 1
Assigned by:
Bazylinski DA, Williams TJ, Lefevre CT, Berg RJ, Zhang CL, Bowser SS, Dean AJ, Beveridge TJ. Magnetococcus marinus gen. nov., sp. nov., a marine, magnetotactic bacterium that represents a novel lineage (Magnetococcaceae fam. nov., Magnetococcales ord. nov.) at the base of the Alphaproteobacteria. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:801-808.
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