Genus Micrococcus

Name: Micrococcus Cohn 1872 (Approved Lists 1980)

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Mi.cro.coc.cus. Gr. masc. adj. mikros, small, little (may keep -o); N.L. masc. n. coccus, coccus; from Gr. masc. n. kokkos, grain, seed; N.L. masc. n. Micrococcus, small coccus

Gender: masculine (stem: Micrococc-)

Type species: Micrococcus luteus (Schroeter 1872) Cohn 1872 (Approved Lists 1980)

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Cohn F. Untersuchungen über Bakterien. In: Cohn F (eds), Beiträge zur Biologie der Pflanzen 1 (Heft 2), 1872, Max Müller, Breslau, 1875, p. 127-224.

IJSEM list: Skerman VBD, McGowan V, Sneath PHA. Approved lists of bacterial names. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1980; 30:225-420.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 8
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 18
Total number of child taxa: 45

Parent taxon: Micrococcaceae Pribram 1929 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Parker CD. Genus V. Thiobacillus Beijerinck 1904. In: Breed RS, Murray EGD, Smith NR (eds), Bergey's Manual of Determinative Bacteriology, 7th edition, The Williams & Wilkins Co, Baltimore, 1957, p. 83-88.

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Record number: 516085
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