{{Short description|Genus of bacteria}} {{Automatic taxobox | taxon = Blastococcus | authority = Ahrens & Moll 1970 (Approved Lists 1980) | type_species = ''Blastococcus aggregatus'' | type_species_authority =Ahrens & Moll 1970 | subdivision_ranks = Species | subdivision_ref = <ref name=LPSN></ref> | subdivision = See text }}

'''''Blastococcus''''' is a Gram-positive, coccoid and aerobic genus of bacteria from the family of Geodermatophilaceae.<ref name=LPSN/><ref>{{cite journal|last1=Parker|first1=Charles Thomas|last2=Osier|first2=Nicole Danielle|last3=Garrity|first3=George M|editor-first1=Charles Thomas |editor-first2=George M. |editor-last1=Parker |editor-last2=Garrity |title=Nomenclature Abstract for Blastococcus Ahrens and Moll 1970 (Approved Lists 1980) emend. Hezbri et al. 2016.|journal=The NamesforLife Abstracts|date=2009 |doi=10.1601/nm.7640|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|last1=Stackebrandt|first1=Erko|last2=Schumann|first2=Peter|title=Bergey's Manual of Systematics of Archaea and Bacteria |chapter=''Blastococcus'' |date=2015|pages=1–9 |doi=10.1002/9781118960608.gbm00043|publisher=John Wiley & Sons, Ltd|isbn=978-1-118-96060-8 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|last1=Whitman|first1=William B.|last2=Goodfellow|first2=Michael|last3=Kämpfer|first3=Peter|last4=Busse|first4=Hans-Jürgen|last5=Trujillo|first5=Martha E.|last6=Ludwig|first6=Wolfgang|last7=Suzuki|first7=Ken-ichiro|title=Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology: Volume 5: The Actinobacteria|date=2012|publisher=Springer Science & Business Media|isbn=9780387682334|language=en}}</ref>

==Phylogeny== The currently accepted taxonomy is based on the List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature (LPSN)<ref name=LPSN>{{lpsn3|genus/blastococcus|Blastococcus}}</ref> and National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI).<ref name=NCBI>{{cite web |author=C.L. Schoch |url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/Taxonomy/Browser/wwwtax.cgi?command=show&mode=tree&id=38501&lvl=3 |title=Blastococcus |access-date=2025-02-28 |publisher=National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) taxonomy database |display-authors=et al.}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable" |- ! colspan=1 | 16S rRNA based LTP_10_2024<ref>{{cite web |title=The LTP |url=https://imedea.uib-csic.es/mmg/ltp/#LTP| access-date=10 December 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=LTP_all tree in newick format |url=https://imedea.uib-csic.es/mmg/ltp/wp-content/uploads/ltp/LTP_all_10_2024.ntree |access-date=10 December 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=LTP_10_2024 Release Notes |url=https://imedea.uib-csic.es/mmg/ltp/wp-content/uploads/ltp/LTP_10_2024_release_notes.pdf |access-date=10 December 2024}}</ref> ! colspan=1 | 120 marker proteins based GTDB 10-RS226<ref name="about">{{cite web |title=GTDB release 10-RS226 |url=https://gtdb.ecogenomic.org/about#4%7C |website=Genome Taxonomy Database|access-date=1 May 2025}}</ref><ref name="tree_bac">{{cite web |title=bac120_r226.sp_label |url=https://data.gtdb.ecogenomic.org/releases/release226/226.0/auxillary_files/bac120_r226.sp_labels.tree |website=Genome Taxonomy Database|access-date=1 May 2025}}</ref><ref name="taxon_history">{{cite web |title=Taxon History |url=https://gtdb.ecogenomic.org/taxon_history/ |website=Genome Taxonomy Database|access-date=1 May 2025}}</ref> |- | style="vertical-align:top| {{Clade | style=font-size:90%;line-height:90% |1={{clade |1={{clade |label1=''Blastococcus''~ |1={{clade |1=''Blastococcus carthaginiensis'' <small>Kammoun et al. 2023</small> |2={{clade |1={{clade |1=''Blastococcus atacamensis'' <small>Castro et al. 2018</small> |2=''Blastococcus saxobsidens'' <small>Urzì et al. 2004</small> }} |2={{clade |1=''Blastococcus endophyticus'' <small>Zhu et al. 2013</small> |2={{clade |1=''Blastococcus capsensis'' <small>Hezbri et al. 2016</small> |2=''Blastococcus xanthinilyticus'' <small>Hezbri et al. 2018</small> }} }} }} }} }} |2={{clade |1={{clade |label1=''Blastococcus'' |1={{clade |1={{clade |1=''B. aurantiacus'' <small>Montero-Calasanz et al. 2023</small> |2={{clade |1=''B. aggregatus'' <small>Ahrens and Moll 1970</small> |2=''B. fimeti'' <small>Montero-Calasanz et al. 2023</small> }} }} |2={{clade |1=''B. colisei'' <small>Hezbri et al. 2017</small> |2={{clade |1=''B. tunisiensis'' <small>Louati et al. 2022</small> |2={{clade |1=''B. haudaquaticus'' <small>Montero-Calasanz et al. 2023</small> |2={{clade |1=''B. jejuensis'' <small>Lee 2006</small> |2={{clade |1=''B. mobilis'' <small>Montero-Calasanz et al. 2023</small> |2={{clade |1=''B. deserti'' <small>Yang et al. 2019</small> |2=''B. litoris'' <small>Lee et al. 2018</small> }} }} }} }} }} }} }} }} |2=other }} }} }} | {{Clade | style=font-size:90%;line-height:90% |label1=''Blastococcus'' |1={{clade |1=''B. jejuensis'' |2={{clade |1={{clade |1=''B. mobilis'' |2={{clade |1=''B. litoris'' |2={{clade |1=''B. haudaquaticus'' |2={{clade |1=''B. colisei'' |2={{clade |1=''B. brunescens'' <small>Hezbri et al. 2024</small> |2=''B. tunisiensis'' }} }} }} }} }} |2={{clade |1={{clade |1="''Ca.'' B. massiliensis" <small>Pfleiderer et al. 2013</small> |2={{clade |1=''B. aurantiacus'' |2={{clade |1=''B. aggregatus'' |2=''B. fimeti'' }} }} }} |2={{clade |1={{clade |1=''B. atacamensis'' |2=''B. saxobsidens'' }} |2={{clade |1=''B. carthaginiensis'' <small>Kammoun et al. 2023</small> |2={{clade |1=''B. capsensis'' |2=''B. xanthinilyticus'' }} }} }} }} }} }} }} |} Species incertae sedis: * ''B. goldschmidtiae'' <small>Nouioui et al. 2025</small>

==See also== * List of bacterial orders * List of bacteria genera

==References== {{Reflist|30em}}

==Further reading== * {{cite journal|last1=Hezbri|first1=K|last2=Louati|first2=M|last3=Nouioui|first3=I|last4=Gtari|first4=M|last5=Rohde|first5=M|last6=Spröer|first6=C|last7=Schumann|first7=P|last8=Klenk|first8=HP|last9=Ghodhbane-Gtari|first9=F|last10=Montero-Calasanz|first10=MD|title=''Blastococcus capsensis'' sp. nov., isolated from an archaeological Roman pool and emended description of the genus ''Blastococcus'', ''B. aggregatus'', ''B. saxobsidens'', ''B. jejuensis'' and ''B. endophyticus''|journal=International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology|date=November 2016|volume=66|issue=11|pages=4864–4872|doi=10.1099/ijsem.0.001443|pmid=27553620|doi-access=free}} * {{cite journal|last1=Lee|first1=SD|title=''Blastococcus jejuensis'' sp. nov., an actinomycete from beach sediment, and emended description of the genus ''Blastococcus'' Ahrens and Moll 1970.|journal=International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology|date=October 2006|volume=56|issue=Pt 10|pages=2391–6|doi=10.1099/ijs.0.64268-0|pmid=17012568|doi-access=free}} * {{cite journal|last1=Urzì|first1=C|last2=Salamone|first2=P|last3=Schumann|first3=P|last4=Rohde|first4=M|last5=Stackebrandt|first5=E|title=''Blastococcus saxobsidens'' sp. nov., and emended descriptions of the genus ''Blastococcus'' Ahrens and Moll 1970 and ''Blastococcus aggregatus'' Ahrens and Moll 1970.|journal=International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology|date=January 2004|volume=54|issue=Pt 1|pages=253–9|doi=10.1099/ijs.0.02745-0|pmid=14742489|doi-access=free}} * {{cite journal|last1=Chouaia|first1=B.|last2=Crotti|first2=E.|last3=Brusetti|first3=L.|last4=Daffonchio|first4=D.|last5=Essoussi|first5=I.|last6=Nouioui|first6=I.|last7=Sbissi|first7=I.|last8=Ghodhbane-Gtari|first8=F.|last9=Gtari|first9=M.|last10=Vacherie|first10=B.|last11=Barbe|first11=V.|last12=Medigue|first12=C.|last13=Gury|first13=J.|last14=Pujic|first14=P.|last15=Normand|first15=P.|title=Genome Sequence of ''Blastococcus saxobsidens'' DD2, a Stone-Inhabiting Bacterium|journal=Journal of Bacteriology|date=24 April 2012|volume=194|issue=10|pages=2752–2753|doi=10.1128/JB.00320-12|url=https://bia.unibz.it/bitstream/10863/660/3/2012-ChouaiaJBBlastococcusDD2genome.pdf|doi-access=free|pmid=22535935 |pmc=3347193 }}

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