Name: Ruficoccus Lin et al. 2017

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Ru.fi.coc’cus. L. masc. adj. rufus, red, reddish; N.L. masc. n. coccus, a berry; from Gr. masc. n. kokkos, grain; N.L. masc. n. Ruficoccus, a reddish coccus

Gender: masculine (stem: Ruficocc-)

Type species: Ruficoccus amylovorans Lin et al. 2017

Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Lin SY, Hameed A, Liu YC, Hsu YH, Hung MH, Lai WA, Young CC. Ruficoccus amylovorans gen. nov., sp. nov., an amylolytic and nitrate-reducing diazotroph of the family Puniceicoccaceae. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:956-962.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 67, part 4 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:2079-2080.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Notes:
  • 🧕 Min et al. (2023) assigned this genus to the family Cerasicoccaceae Min et al. 2023. Publication: Min L, Wang W, Oren A, Lai Q, Huang Z. Coraliomargarita parva sp. nov., isolated from mangrove sediment and genome-based analysis of the class Opitutae revealed five novel families: Coraliomargaritaceae fam. nov., Pelagicoccaceae fam. nov., Cerasicoccaeae fam. nov., Oceanipulchritudinaceae fam. nov., and Alterococcaeae fam. nov. Front Microbiol 2023; 14:1202141.
  • 😢 The terminology used by the authors is in line with many other taxonomic studies and does not negatively affect their main results; some improvements may nevertheless be possible. Contrasting the term "chemotaxonomic" with "phenotypic" is not recommended. Using the term "phylogenetic data" (or equivalent) for sequence data is not advocated. Whether taxa can have "members" is debatable. See the LPSN phylogeny page for details. Publication: Göker M. What can genome analysis offer for bacteria? In: Bridge P, Smith D, Stackebrandt E (eds), Trends in the systematics of bacteria and fungi, CAB International, Wallingford, 2021, p. 255-281.
  • 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: BCRC: 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

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Ruficoccus amylovorans Lin et al. 2017	validly published under the ICNP	correct name

Parent taxon: Puniceicoccaceae Choo et al. 2007

Assigned by: Lin SY, Hameed A, Liu YC, Hsu YH, Hung MH, Lai WA, Young CC. Ruficoccus amylovorans gen. nov., sp. nov., an amylolytic and nitrate-reducing diazotroph of the family Puniceicoccaceae. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:956-962.

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