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Name: Tetragenococcus Collins et al. 1993
Etymology: Te.tra.ge.no.coc.cus. Gr. pref. tetra-, four (in compound words); Gr. suff. -genes, producing or forming; from Gr. ind. v. gennaô, to produce; N.L. masc. n. coccus, coccus; from Gr. masc. n. kokkos, grain, seed; N.L. masc. n. Tetragenococcus, tetrad arrangement of cocci
Gender: masculine (stem: Tetragenococc-)
Type species: Tetragenococcus halophilus (Mees 1934) Collins et al. 1993
Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS
Effective publication:
Collins MD, Williams AM, Wallbanks S. The phylogeny of Aerococcus and Pediococcus as determined by 16S rRNA sequence analysis: description of Tetragenococcus gen. nov. FEMS Microbiol Lett 1990; 58:255-262.
IJSEM list:
Anonymous. Validation list no. 44. Validation of publication of new names and new combinations previously effectively published outside the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1993; 43:188-189.
Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP
Taxonomic status: correct name
Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 5
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 5
Total number of child taxa: 7
Name | Nomenclatural status | Taxonomic status |
---|---|---|
"Tetragenococcus doogicus" Frazilio et al. 2019 | not validly published | preferred name (not correct name) |
Tetragenococcus halophilus (Mees 1934) Collins et al. 1993 | validly published under the ICNP | correct name |
Tetragenococcus koreensis Lee et al. 2005 | validly published under the ICNP | correct name |
Tetragenococcus muriaticus Satomi et al. 1997 | validly published under the ICNP | correct name |
Tetragenococcus osmophilus Justé et al. 2012 | validly published under the ICNP | correct name |
"Candidatus Tetragenococcus pullicola" Gilroy et al. 2021 | not validly published | preferred name (not correct name) |
Tetragenococcus solitarius (Collins et al. 1989) Ennahar and Cai 2005 | validly published under the ICNP | correct name |
Parent taxon: Enterococcaceae Ludwig et al. 2010
Assigned by: Ludwig W, Schleifer K-H, Whitman WB. Family IV. Enterococcaceae 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. 594.
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Record number: 516757