WoRMS taxon details
Alterococcus Shieh & Jean, 1999
564203 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:564203)
accepted
Genus
marine
Shieh, W.Y., and Jean, W.D. "Alterococcus agarolyticus, gen. nov., sp. nov., a halophilic thermophilic bacterium capable of agar degradation." Can. J. Microbiol. (1998) 44:637-645.
, available online at https://doi.org/10.1139/w98-051 [details]
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Nomenclature
original description
Shieh, W.Y., and Jean, W.D. "Alterococcus agarolyticus, gen. nov., sp. nov., a halophilic thermophilic bacterium capable of agar degradation." Can. J. Microbiol. (1998) 44:637-645.
, available online at https://doi.org/10.1139/w98-051 [details]
Present
Inaccurate
Introduced: alien
Containing type locality