Blastococcus

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Blastococcus
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Domain: Bacteria
Phylum: Actinomycetota
Class: Actinomycetia
Order: Geodermatophilales
Family: Geodermatophilaceae
Genus: Blastococcus
Ahrens & Moll 1970 (Approved Lists 1980)
Type species
Blastococcus aggregatus
Ahrens & Moll 1970
Species [1]

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Blastococcus is a Gram-positive, coccoid and aerobic genus of bacteria from the family of Geodermatophilaceae. [1] [2] [3] [4]

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Phylogeny

The currently accepted taxonomy is based on the List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature (LPSN) [1] and National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) [5]

16S rRNA based LTP_08_2023 [6] [7] [8] 120 marker proteins based GTDB 08-RS214 [9] [10] [11]
Blastococcus

B. aurantiacusMontero-Calasanz et al. 2023

B. aggregatusAhrens and Moll 1970

B. fimetiMontero-Calasanz et al. 2023

B. litorisLee et al. 2018

B. colisei Hezbri et al. 2017

B. desertiYang et al. 2019

B. saxobsidens Urzì et al. 2004

B. haudaquaticusMontero-Calasanz et al. 2023

B. tunisiensisLouati et al. 2022

B. jejuensis Lee 2006

B. mobilisMontero-Calasanz et al. 2023

B. xanthinilyticus Hezbri et al. 2018

B. atacamensisCastro et al. 2018

B. capsensis Hezbri et al. 2016

B. endophyticus Zhu et al. 2013

Blastococcus

B. colisei

B. litoris

B. aggregatus

"Ca. B. massiliensis" Pfleiderer et al. 2013

Species incertae sedis:

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References

  1. 1 2 3 A.C. Parte; et al. "Blastococcus". List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature (LPSN). Retrieved 2023-09-09.
  2. ↑ Parker, Charles Thomas; Osier, Nicole Danielle; Garrity, George M (2009). Parker, Charles Thomas; Garrity, George M. (eds.). "Nomenclature Abstract for Blastococcus Ahrens and Moll 1970 (Approved Lists 1980) emend. Hezbri et al. 2016". The NamesforLife Abstracts. doi:10.1601/nm.7640.
  3. ↑ Stackebrandt, Erko; Schumann, Peter (2015). "Blastococcus". Bergey's Manual of Systematics of Archaea and Bacteria. John Wiley & Sons, Ltd: 1–9. doi:10.1002/9781118960608.gbm00043. ISBN   978-1-118-96060-8.
  4. ↑ Whitman, William B.; Goodfellow, Michael; Kämpfer, Peter; Busse, Hans-Jürgen; Trujillo, Martha E.; Ludwig, Wolfgang; Suzuki, Ken-ichiro (2012). Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology: Volume 5: The Actinobacteria. Springer Science & Business Media. ISBN   9780387682334.
  5. ↑ Sayers; et al. "Blastococcus". National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) taxonomy database. Retrieved 2023-09-09.
  6. ↑ "The LTP" . Retrieved 20 November 2023.
  7. ↑ "LTP_all tree in newick format" . Retrieved 20 November 2023.
  8. ↑ "LTP_08_2023 Release Notes" (PDF). Retrieved 20 November 2023.
  9. ↑ "GTDB release 08-RS214". Genome Taxonomy Database . Retrieved 10 May 2023.
  10. ↑ "bac120_r214.sp_label". Genome Taxonomy Database . Retrieved 10 May 2023.
  11. ↑ "Taxon History". Genome Taxonomy Database . Retrieved 10 May 2023.

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