Blastococcus

Blastococcus is a Gram-positive, coccoid and aerobic genus of bacteria from the family of Geodermatophilaceae.^[1][2][3][4]

Blastococcus
Scientific classification
Domain:	Bacteria
Kingdom:	Bacillati
Phylum:	Actinomycetota
Class:	Actinomycetia
Order:	Geodermatophilales
Family:	Geodermatophilaceae
Genus:	Blastococcus Ahrens & Moll 1970 (Approved Lists 1980)
Type species
Blastococcus aggregatus Ahrens & Moll 1970
Species[1]
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Phylogeny

The currently accepted taxonomy is based on the List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature (LPSN)^[1] and National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI)^[5]

16S rRNA based LTP_08_2023[6][7][8]

120 marker proteins based GTDB 08-RS214[9][10][11]

Blastococcus B. aurantiacus Montero-Calasanz et al. 2023 B. aggregatus Ahrens and Moll 1970 B. fimeti Montero-Calasanz et al. 2023 B. litoris Lee et al. 2018 B. colisei Hezbri et al. 2017 B. deserti Yang et al. 2019 B. saxobsidens Urzì et al. 2004 B. haudaquaticus Montero-Calasanz et al. 2023 B. tunisiensis Louati et al. 2022 B. jejuensis Lee 2006 B. mobilis Montero-Calasanz et al. 2023 B. xanthinilyticus Hezbri et al. 2018 B. atacamensis Castro et al. 2018 B. capsensis Hezbri et al. 2016 B. endophyticus Zhu et al. 2013

Blastococcus B. colisei B. litoris B. aggregatus "Ca. B. massiliensis" Pfleiderer et al. 2013 B. xanthinilyticus B. atacamensis B. saxobsidens

Species incertae sedis:

• B. carthaginiensis Kammoun et al. 2023