Taxon DOI

10.1601/tx.5189

Name

Planococcus alkanoclasticus Engelhardt et al. 2001

Taxonomic Rank

species

Methodology

Nomenclatural Taxonomy [1980-2022]

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

Parent

Taxon Record	Name Record
genus	Planococcus Migula 1894 (Approved Lists 1980) emend. Gupta and Patel 2019

Type Strain

representative organism

MAE2^T (=CIP 107718 =NCIMB 13489)

Type Status

Taxonomy

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


root Universal Root Woese et al. 1990
domain Bacteria (None 2015) Woese et al. 1990
phylum Firmicutes (sic) Gibbons and Murray 2021
class Bacilli Ludwig et al. 2010
order Caryophanales Peshkoff 1939 (Approved Lists 1980)
family Caryophanaceae Peshkoff 1939 (Approved Lists 1980) emend. Gupta and Patel 2019
genus Planococcus Migula 1894 (Approved Lists 1980) emend. Gupta and Patel 2019
species Planococcus alkanoclasticus Engelhardt et al. 2001

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 species Planococcus alkanoclasticus Engelhardt et al. 2001. Retrieved April 22, 2024. https://doi.org/10.1601/tx.5189.

Source File

10.1601/tx.5189.xml


This information was last reviewed on March 13, 2020.

References

Engelhardt MA, Daly K, Swannell RP, Head IM. Isolation and characterization of a novel hydrocarbon-degrading, Gram-positive bacterium, isolated from intertidal beach sediment, and description of Planococcus alkanoclasticus sp. nov. J Appl Microbiol 2001; 90:237-247. [PubMed].