Agrococcus

Agrococcus
Scientific classification
Domain:	Bacteria
Phylum:	"Actinobacteria"
Class:	Actinobacteria
Subclass:	Actinobacteridae
Order:	Actinomycetales
Suborder:	Micrococcineae
Family:	Microbacteriaceae
Genus:	Agrococcus
Binomial name
Agrococcus Groth et al. 1996[1]
Type species
A. jenensis

Agrococcus is a genus in the phylum Actinobacteria (Bacteria).^[2]

Etymology

The name Agrococcus derives from:
Greek noun agros, field or soil; New Latin masculine gender noun coccus (from Greek masculine gender noun kokkos, grain, seed), coccus; New Latin masculine gender noun Agrococcus a coccus from soil.^[3]

The first draft genome of the genus Agrococcus was completed by a group at the University of British Columbia that was isolated from modern microbialites found within Pavilion Lake, BC.^[4]

Species

The genus contains 8 species, namely^[3]

• A. baldri ( Zlamala et al. 2002, ; New Latin genitive case noun baldri, of Baldr, ancient German god of light, referring to the photochromogenic behavior.)^[5]
• A. carbonis (Dhanjal et al. 2010, ; Latin genitive case noun carbonis of charcoal or coal; referring to the fact it was isolated from the soil of a coal mine.^[6]
• A. casei ( Bora et al. 2007, ;: Latin genitive case noun casei, of cheese, named because the organism was isolated from smear-ripened cheeses.)^[7]
• A. citreus ( Wieser et al. 1999, ; Latin masculine gender adjective citreus, of or pertaining to the citron-tree; intended to mean lemon-yellow, describing the lemon-yellow pigmentation.)^[8]
• A. jejuensis ( Lee 2008, ; New Latin masculine gender adjective jejuensis, of or belonging to Jeju, Republic of Korea, where the type strain was isolated.)^[9]
• A. jenensis ( Groth et al. 1996, (Type species of the genus).; New Latin masculine gender adjective jenensis, of or belonging to the Thuringian town Jena, where the organism was isolated.)^[1]
• A. lahaulensis ( Mayilraj et al. 2006, ; New Latin masculine gender adjective lahaulensis, of or pertaining to Lahaul Valley, located in the Indian Himalayas, where the type strain was isolated.)^[10]
• A. terreus ( Zhang et al. 2010, ; Latin masculine gender adjective terreus, of earth.)^[11]
• A. versicolor ( Behrendt et al. 2008, ; Latin masculine gender adjective versicolor, colour changing.)^[12]

See also

• Bacterial taxonomy
• Microbiology

References

1. Agrococcus jenensis gen. nov., sp. nov., a New Genus of Actinomycetes with Diaminobutyric Acid in the Cell Wall
2. Classification of Genera AC entry in LPSN [Euzéby, J.P. (1997). "List of Bacterial Names with Standing in Nomenclature: a folder available on the Internet". Int J Syst Bacteriol 47 (2): 590–2. doi:10.1099/00207713-47-2-590. ISSN 0020-7713. PMID 9103655.]
3. Agrococcus entry in LPSN [Euzéby, J.P. (1997). "List of Bacterial Names with Standing in Nomenclature: a folder available on the Internet". Int J Syst Bacteriol 47 (2): 590–2. doi:10.1099/00207713-47-2-590. ISSN 0020-7713. PMID 9103655.]
4. White III RA, Grassa CJ, Suttle CA. (July–August 2013). "First Draft Genome Sequence from a Member of the Genus Agrococcus, Isolated from Modern Microbialites". Genome Announcements 1 (4): e00391–13. doi:10.1128/genomeA.00391-13.
5. Agrococcus baldri sp. nov., isolated from the air in the 'Virgilkapelle' in Vienna
6. Dhanjal, S.; Kaur, I.; Korpole, S.; Schumann, P.; Cameotra, S. S.; Pukall, R.; Klenk, H. -P.; Mayilraj, S. (2010). "Agrococcus carbonis sp. nov., isolated from soil of a coal mine". International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology 61 (6): 1253. doi:10.1099/ijs.0.024745-0.
7. Bora, N.; Vancanneyt, M.; Gelsomino, R.; Swings, J.; Brennan, N.; Cogan, T. M.; Larpin, S.; Desmasures, N.; Lechner, F. E.; Kroppenstedt, R. M.; Ward, A. C.; Goodfellow, M. (2007). "Agrococcus casei sp. Nov., isolated from the surfaces of smear-ripened cheeses". International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology 57 (Pt 1): 92–97. doi:10.1099/ijs.0.64270-0. PMID 17220448.
8. Agrococcus citreus sp. nov., isolated from a medieval wall painting of the chapel of Castle Herberstein (Austria)
9. Lee, S. D. (2008). "Agrococcus jejuensis sp. Nov., isolated from dried seaweed". International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology 58 (10): 2297–2300. doi:10.1099/ijs.0.65731-0.
10. Mayilraj, S.; Suresh, K.; Schumann, P.; Kroppenstedt, R. M.; Saini, H. S. (2006). "Agrococcus lahaulensis sp. Nov., isolated from a cold desert of the Indian Himalayas". International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology 56 (8): 1807–1810. doi:10.1099/ijs.0.64247-0.
11. Zhang, J. -Y.; Liu, X. -Y.; Liu, S. -J. (2009). "Agrococcus terreus sp. Nov. And Micrococcus terreus sp. Nov., isolated from forest soil". International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology 60 (8): 1897–1903. doi:10.1099/ijs.0.013235-0.
12. Behrendt, U.; Schumann, P.; Ulrich, A. (2008). "Agrococcus versicolor sp. Nov., an actinobacterium associated with the phyllosphere of potato plants". International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology 58 (12): 2833–2838. doi:10.1099/ijs.0.2008/001610-0.