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Name: Micrococcus Cohn 1872 (Approved Lists 1980)
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)
Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS
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
Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 9
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 19
Total number of child taxa: 49
Name | Nomenclatural status | Taxonomic status |
---|---|---|
Micrococcus agilis Ali-Cohen 1889 (Approved Lists 1980) | validly published under the ICNP | synonym |
Micrococcus aloeverae Prakash et al. 2014 | validly published under the ICNP | synonym |
"Micrococcus amylovorus" Burrill 1882 | not validly published, basonym of name in Approved Lists | synonym |
Micrococcus antarcticus Liu et al. 2000 | validly published under the ICNP | correct name |
"Micrococcus calcoaceticus" Beijerinck 1911 | not validly published, basonym of name in Approved Lists | synonym |
"Micrococcus candicans" Fluegge 1886 | not validly published | preferred name |
"Micrococcus cerolyticus" Friedmann and Kern 1956 | not validly published | preferred name |
"Micrococcus cinereus" von Lingelsheim 1906 | not validly published, basonym of name in Approved Lists | synonym |
Micrococcus cohnii Rieser et al. 2013 | validly published under the ICNP | correct name |
"Micrococcus colpogenes" Campbell and Williams 1951 | not validly published | preferred name |
"Micrococcus cryophilus" McLean et al. 1951 | not validly published | preferred name |
"Micrococcus denitrificans" Beijerinck and Minkman 1910 | not validly published, basonym of name in Approved Lists | synonym |
"Micrococcus diversus" Girard and Cosenza 1970 | not validly published | preferred name |
Micrococcus endophyticus Chen et al. 2009 | validly published under the ICNP | correct name |
Micrococcus flavus Liu et al. 2007 | validly published under the ICNP | correct name |
"Micrococcus fulvus" Cohn 1875 | not validly published, basonym of name in Approved Lists | synonym |
"Micrococcus gallicidus" Burrill 1883 | not validly published, basonym of name in Approved Lists | synonym |
"Micrococcus glutamicus" Kinoshita et al. 1958 | not validly published, basonym of name in Approved Lists | synonym |
Micrococcus halobius Onishi and Kamekura 1972 (Approved Lists 1980) | validly published under the ICNP | synonym |
"Micrococcus halodenitrificans" Robinson and Gibbons 1952 | not validly published, basonym of name in Approved Lists | synonym |
"Micrococcus hyicus" Sompolinsky 1953 | not validly published, basonym of name in Approved Lists | synonym |
"Micrococcus indolicus" Christiansen 1934 | not validly published, basonym of name in Approved Lists | synonym |
Micrococcus kristinae Kloos et al. 1974 (Approved Lists 1980) | validly published under the ICNP | synonym |
Micrococcus lactis Chittpurna et al. 2011 | validly published under the ICNP | synonym |
Micrococcus lacusdianchii Wang et al. 2024 | validly published under the ICNP | correct name |
Micrococcus luteus (Schroeter 1872) Cohn 1872 (Approved Lists 1980) | validly published under the ICNP | correct name |
Micrococcus lylae Kloos et al. 1974 (Approved Lists 1980) | validly published under the ICNP | correct name |
"Micrococcus meningitidis" Albrecht and Ghon 1901 | not validly published, basonym of name in Approved Lists | synonym |
"Micrococcus niger" Hall 1930 | not validly published, basonym of name in Approved Lists | synonym |
Micrococcus nishinomiyaensis Oda 1935 (Approved Lists 1980) | validly published under the ICNP | synonym |
"Micrococcus nitrosus" Migula 1900 | not validly published, basonym of name in Approved Lists | synonym |
"Micrococcus pelletieri" Laveran 1906 | not validly published, basonym of name in Approved Lists | synonym |
"Micrococcus phosphoreus" Cohn 1878 | not validly published, basonym of name in Approved Lists | synonym |
"Micrococcus pneumoniae" Klein 1884 | not validly published, basonym of name in Approved Lists | synonym |
Micrococcus porci Lee et al. 2023 | validly published under the ICNP | correct name |
"Micrococcus prevotii" Foubert and Douglas 1948 | not validly published, basonym of name in Approved Lists | synonym |
"Micrococcus prodigiosus" Cohn 1872 | not validly published | preferred name |
"Micrococcus radiodurans" Raj et al. 1960 | not validly published | preferred name |
"Micrococcus radioproteolyticus" Kobatake et al. 1973 | not validly published | preferred name |
Micrococcus roseus Flügge 1886 (Approved Lists 1980) | validly published under the ICNP | synonym |
"Micrococcus saccharolyticus" Foubert and Douglas 1948 | not validly published, basonym of name in Approved Lists | synonym |
"Micrococcus saprophyticus" (Fairbrother 1940) Baird-Parker 1971 | not validly published | preferred name |
Micrococcus sedentarius ZoBell and Upham 1944 (Approved Lists 1980) | validly published under the ICNP | synonym |
"Micrococcus sodonensis" Aaronson 1955 | not validly published | preferred name |
"Micrococcus subflavus" Flügge 1886 | not validly published, basonym of name in Approved Lists | synonym |
Micrococcus terreus Zhang et al. 2010 | validly published under the ICNP | correct name |
"Micrococcus variabilis" Foubert and Douglas 1948 | not validly published | preferred name |
Micrococcus varians Migula 1900 (Approved Lists 1980) | validly published under the ICNP | synonym |
Micrococcus yunnanensis Zhao et al. 2009 | validly published under the ICNP | synonym |
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