Taxon DOI

10.1601/tx.7640

Name

Blastococcus Ahrens and Moll 1970 (Approved Lists 1980) emend. Hezbri et al. 2016

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	Geodermatophilaceae Normand 2006 emend. Zhi et al. 2009

Members

species	Blastococcus aggregatus Ahrens and Moll 1970 (Approved Lists 1980) emend. Hezbri et al. 2016
species	Blastococcus atacamensis Castro et al. 2018
species	Blastococcus bullaregi None 2015
species	Blastococcus capsensis Hezbri et al. 2016
species	Blastococcus colisei Hezbri et al. 2017
species	Blastococcus deserti Yang et al. 2019
species	Blastococcus endophyticus Zhu et al. 2013 emend. Hezbri et al. 2016
species	Blastococcus jejuensis Lee 2006 emend. Hezbri et al. 2016
species	Blastococcus litoris Lee et al. 2018
species	Blastococcus massiliensis Pfleiderer et al. 2013
species	Blastococcus saxobsidens Urzì et al. 2004 emend. Hezbri et al. 2016
species	Blastococcus tunisiensis Louati et al. 2022
species	Blastococcus xanthinilyticus Hezbri et al. 2018

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 Actinobacteria (sic) Goodfellow 2021 non Actinobacteria Stackebrandt et al. 1997
class Actinomycetes Krasil'nikov 1949 (Approved Lists 1980)
order Geodermatophilales Sen et al. 2014
family Geodermatophilaceae Normand 2006 emend. Zhi et al. 2009
genus Blastococcus Ahrens and Moll 1970 (Approved Lists 1980) emend. Hezbri et al. 2016

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 Blastococcus Ahrens and Moll 1970 (Approved Lists 1980) emend. Hezbri et al. 2016. Retrieved April 22, 2024. https://doi.org/10.1601/tx.7640.

Source File

10.1601/tx.7640.xml


This information was last reviewed on July 6, 2022.

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