Name: Aerococcus Williams et al. 1953 (Approved Lists 1980)

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Ae.ro.coc.cus. Gr. masc. n. aêr, air, gas; N.L. masc. n. coccus, a berry; from Gr. masc. n. kokkos, grain; N.L. masc. n. Aerococcus, air coccus

Gender: masculine (stem: Aerococc-)

Type species: Aerococcus viridans Williams et al. 1953 (Approved Lists 1980)

Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Williams RE, Hirch A, Cowan ST. Aerococcus, a new bacterial genus. J Gen Microbiol 1953; 8:475-480.

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: 2

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the family Aerococcaceae Ludwig et al. 2010. Publication: Ludwig W, Schleifer K-H, Whitman WB. Family II. Aerococcaceae fam. nov. In: De Vos P, Garrity GM, Jones D, Krieg NR, Ludwig W, Rainey FA, K.-H. S, Whitman WB (eds), Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, 2nd edn, vol. 3 (The Firmicutes), Springer, New York, 2009, p. 533.
  • 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Aemcoccus"; "Aercoccus"; "Aerecoccus"; "Aeroccus"; "Aerocokus"; "Aerocussus"; "Aeromccus"; "Aeroroccus"; "Aerorocrus".
  • 🧔 This taxon was discussed in a meeting of a Taxonomic Subcommittee of the ICSP. Publication: Klein G. International Committee on Systematics of Prokaryotes Subcommittee on the Taxonomy of Bifidobacterium, Lactobacillus and Related Organisms. Minutes of the meetings, 1 and 2 April 2005, Stuttgart-Hohenheim, Germany. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol. 2006; 56:2501-2503.
  • 🧔 This taxon was discussed in a meeting of a Taxonomic Subcommittee of the ICSP. Publication: Klein G. International Committee on Systematic Bacteriology. Subcommittee on the taxonomy of Bifidobacterium, Lactobacillus and related organisms. Minutes of the meetings, 22 and 23 September 1999, Veldhoven, The Netherlands. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol. 2001; 51:259-261.
  • 💁 Taxonomists who have recently focused on this group are the corresponding authors of Lawson et al. (2001). Editors in search of reviewers are advised to consider additional criteria such as whether a taxon is covered by one of the ICSP subcommittees.
  • 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: CCUG: 15; DSM: 12; JCM: 7; CIP: 7; ATCC: 6; IFO: 3; NBRC: 3; NCIMB: 2; NCTC: 2; NBIMCC: 1.
  • 😷 The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 2, note = "default: 2 Animal classification RG: 2 - Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No - Containment level: Containment Level 2; sp. CCUG28826: 2 Animal classification RG: 1 - Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No - Containment level: Containment Level 2". — If in doubt, use the risk group given in the regulations for your country and, if these are not available, use the risk group given in the catalogue of the culture collection from which you have obtained or intend to obtain the strain.
  • 🧍 Pittman et al. (1991) suggested the abbreviation "ARCO" for this genus name but this does not appear to be of practical relevance any longer. Publication: Pittman KF, Walczak CA, Lock CM. Codes and abbreviations for approved of effectively published names of genera of bacteria published from January 1980 to December 1990. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1991; 41:571-579.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 13
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 13
Total number of child taxa: 14

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Aerococcus agrisoli Sun et al. 2023	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Aerococcus christensenii Collins et al. 1999	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Aerococcus kribbianus Bai et al. 2024	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Aerococcus loyolae Choi et al. 2023	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Aerococcus mictus Choi et al. 2023	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Aerococcus sanguicola Lawson et al. 2001	inaccurate spelling	misspelling
    Aerococcus sanguinicola corrig. Lawson et al. 2001	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Aerococcus suis Vela et al. 2007	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Aerococcus tenax Choi et al. 2023	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Aerococcus urinae Aguirre and Collins 1992	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Aerococcus urinaeequi (Garvie 1988 ex Mees 1934) Felis et al. 2005	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Aerococcus urinaehominis Lawson et al. 2001	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Aerococcus vaginalis Tohno et al. 2014	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Aerococcus viridans Williams et al. 1953 (Approved Lists 1980)	validly published under the ICNP	correct name

Parent taxon: Aerococcaceae Ludwig et al. 2010

Assigned by: Ludwig W, Schleifer K-H, Whitman WB. Family II. Aerococcaceae fam. nov. In: De Vos P, Garrity GM, Jones D, Krieg NR, Ludwig W, Rainey FA, K.-H. S, Whitman WB (eds), Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, 2nd edn, vol. 3 (The Firmicutes), Springer, New York, 2009, p. 533.

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