Taxon DOI

10.1601/tx.1976

Name

Morococcus Long et al. 1981

Taxonomic Rank

genus

Methodology

Nomenclatural Taxonomy [1980-2022]

Incertae sedis taxa are placed using SOSCC (Garrity and Lilburn 2008)

Parent

Taxon Record	Name Record
family	Neisseriaceae Prévot 1933 (Approved Lists 1980) emend. Chen et al. 2021

Members

species	Morococcus cerebrosus Long et al. 1981

Type Status

Taxonomy

The taxonomic placement of this genus within the root Universal Root.


root Universal Root Woese et al. 1990
domain Bacteria (None 2015) Woese et al. 1990
phylum Proteobacteria (sic) Garrity et al. 2021
class Betaproteobacteria Garrity et al. 2006 emend. Boden et al. 2017
order Neisseriales Tønjum 2006 emend. Chen et al. 2021
family Neisseriaceae Prévot 1933 (Approved Lists 1980) emend. Chen et al. 2021
genus Morococcus Long et al. 1981

The taxonomy from the rank of class and below is based upon currently published taxonomic opinion. For a complete taxonomy, refer to The Taxonomic Outline of Bacteria and Archaea, Release 7.7.

Citation

When referring to this Abstract, please use its Digital Object Identifier.

Taxon Abstract for the genus Morococcus Long et al. 1981. Retrieved April 22, 2024. https://doi.org/10.1601/tx.1976.

Source File

10.1601/tx.1976.xml


This information was last reviewed on May 6, 2009.

References

Tonjum T. Family I. Neisseriaceae Prevot. In: Garrity GM, Brenner DJ, Krieg NR, Staley JT (eds), Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, Second Edition, Volume 2, Part C, Springer, New York, 2005, p. 775.
Long PA, Sly LI, Pham AV, Davis GHG. Characterization of Morococcus cerebrosus gen. nov., sp. nov. and comparison with Neisseria mucosa. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1981; 31:294-301. https://doi.org/10.1099/00207713-31-3-294.