Morococcus
| Morococcus | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Bacteria |
| Kingdom: | Pseudomonadati |
| Phylum: | Pseudomonadota |
| Class: | Betaproteobacteria |
| Order: | Neisseriales |
| Family: | Neisseriaceae |
| Genus: | Morococcus Long et al. 1981[1] |
| Species: | M. cerebrosus |
| Binomial name | |
| Morococcus cerebrosus Long et al. 1981 | |
Morococcus is a genus in the phylum Proteobacteria (Bacteria).[2]
Etymology
The name Morococcus derives from: Latin noun morum, mulberry; New Latin masculine gender noun coccus (from Greek masculine gender noun kokkos (κόκκος), grain, seed), coccus; New Latin masculine gender noun Morococcus, the mulberry coccus.[3]
Species
The genus contains a single species,[3] Morococcus cerebrosus (Long et al. 1981, (type species of the genus)).[4] ; Latin masculine gender adjective cerebrosus, having a madness of the brain, hare-brained, hotbrained, passionate; intended to mean pertaining to the brain, the original source of isolation of this organism.[5]
References
- ↑ http://ijs.sgmjournals.org/cgi/reprint/31/3/294
- ↑ Classification of Genera MR in LPSN; Parte, Aidan C.; Sardà Carbasse, Joaquim; Meier-Kolthoff, Jan P.; Reimer, Lorenz C.; Göker, Markus (1 November 2020). "List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature (LPSN) moves to the DSMZ". International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. 70 (11): 5607–5612. doi:10.1099/ijsem.0.004332.
- 1 2 Morococcus in LPSN; Parte, Aidan C.; Sardà Carbasse, Joaquim; Meier-Kolthoff, Jan P.; Reimer, Lorenz C.; Göker, Markus (1 November 2020). "List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature (LPSN) moves to the DSMZ". International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. 70 (11): 5607–5612. doi:10.1099/ijsem.0.004332.
- ↑ Long, P. A.; Sly, L. I.; Pham, A. V.; Davis, G. H. G. (1981). "Characterization of Morococcus cerebrosus gen. nov., sp. nov. and Comparison with Neisseria mucosa". International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. 31 (3): 294–301. doi:10.1099/00207713-31-3-294. ISSN 1466-5034.
- ↑ http://ijs.sgmjournals.org/cgi/reprint/31/3/294