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, pronunciation (Latin): masculine (stem: Micrococc-), mi-kro-KOK-kus
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
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Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 45, part 4 of the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1996; 46:364-365.
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Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 52, part 2 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2002; 52:691-692.
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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: 52
| 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 anaerobius" (Hamm 1912) Waksman and Henrici 1948 | not validly published | preferred name |
| 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 eucinetus" Leifson 1964 | not validly published | preferred 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 jongii" Chester 1901 | not validly published | preferred name |
| 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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