Agrococcus

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

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

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]

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

Species

The genus contains 9 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. pavilionensis (White III et al. 2018, ; New Latin masculine gender adjective pavilionensis, of or pertaining to Pavilion Lake, located in Southeastern British Columbia, where the type strain was isolated.) [11]
• A. terreus ( Zhang et al. 2010, ; Latin masculine gender adjective terreus, of earth.)[12]
• A. versicolor ( Behrendt et al. 2008, ; Latin masculine gender adjective versicolor, colour changing.)[13]

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". Archived from the original on 2007-09-17. Retrieved 2011-05-28.
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". International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. 47 (2): 590–2. doi:10.1099/00207713-47-2-590. 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". International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. 47 (2): 590–2. doi:10.1099/00207713-47-2-590. PMID 9103655.
4. White RA 3rd, 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. PMC 3695436. PMID 23814108.
5. "Agrococcus baldri sp. nov., isolated from the air in the 'Virgilkapelle' in Vienna". Archived from the original on 2008-07-06. Retrieved 2011-05-28.
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): 1253–8. doi:10.1099/ijs.0.024745-0. PMID 20601492.
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)". Archived from the original on 2007-09-17. Retrieved 2011-05-28.
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. PMID 18842844.
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. PMID 16902012.
11. White III, R.; et al. (2018). "The Complete Genome and Physiological Analysis of the Microbialite-Dwelling Agrococcus pavilionensis sp. nov; Reveals Genetic Promiscuity and Predicted Adaptations to Environmental Stress". Frontiers in Microbiology. 9 (9): 2180. doi:10.3389/fmicb.2018.02180. PMC 6196244. PMID 30374333.
12. 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. PMID 19783614.
13. 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. PMID 19060068.