{{Short description|Genus of bacteria}} {{Automatic taxobox | image = | taxon = Vagococcus | authority = Collins, et al. 1989 | type_species = ''Vagococcus fluvialis'' | type_species_authority = Collins et al. 1990 | subdivision_ranks = Species | subdivision_ref = <ref name=LPSN/> | subdivision = See text }}
'''''Vagococcus''''' is a genus of gram-positive bacteria. They are motile or nonmotile cocci which do not form spores.<ref name=Wang2011>{{cite journal|author1=Wang L |author2=Cui YS |author3=Kwon CS |author4=Lee ST |author5=Lee JS |author6=Im WT |title=''Vagococcus acidifermentans'' sp. nov., isolated from an acideogenic fermentation bioreactor |journal=International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology |date=2011 |volume=61 |pages=1123–1126 |doi=10.1099/ijs.0.022087-0 |pmid=20543153|doi-access=free }}</ref> The name ''Vagococcus'' comes from Latin adjective ''vagus'' meaning wandering; and the Greek noun ''coccus'' a grain or berry, ''Vagococcus'' - wandering coccus, because ''Vagococcus fluvialis'' and some other ''Vagococcus'' species are motile, an unusual property for a lactic acid bacteria.<ref name=Collins1989>{{cite journal|author1=Collins MD|author2=Ash C|author3=Farrow JAE|author4=Wallbanks S|author5=Williams AM|title=16S Ribosomal ribonucleic acid sequence analyses of lactococci and related taxa. Description of ''Vagococcus fluvialis'' gen. nov., sp. nov.|journal=Journal of Applied Microbiology|date=1989 |volume=67 |pages=453–460|doi=10.1111/j.1365-2672.1989.tb02516.x|pmid=2479630}}</ref>
== History == The first ''Vagococcus'' species, ''Vagococcus fluvialis'', was isolated from chicken feces in 1974. However, the genus was not recognized as distinct until 1989.<ref name=Wang2011/>
==Phylogeny== The currently accepted taxonomy is based on the List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature (LPSN)<ref name=LPSN>{{cite web |author=J.P. Euzéby |url=https://lpsn.dsmz.de/genus/vagococcus |title=Vagococcus |access-date=2022-09-09 |publisher=List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature (LPSN)}}</ref> and National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI).<ref name=NCBI>{{cite web |author=Sayers |url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/Taxonomy/Browser/wwwtax.cgi?mode=Tree&id=2737&lvl=3&lin=f&keep=1&srchmode=1&unlock |title=Vagococcus |access-date=2022-09-09 |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 09-RS220<ref name="about">{{cite web |title=GTDB release 09-RS220 |url=https://gtdb.ecogenomic.org/about#4%7C |website=Genome Taxonomy Database |access-date=10 May 2024}}</ref><ref name="tree">{{cite web |title=bac120_r220.sp_labels |url=https://data.gtdb.ecogenomic.org/releases/release220/220.0/auxillary_files/bac120_r220.sp_labels.tree |website=Genome Taxonomy Database |access-date=10 May 2024}}</ref><ref name="taxon_history">{{cite web |title=Taxon History |url=https://gtdb.ecogenomic.org/taxon_history/ |website=Genome Taxonomy Database |access-date=10 May 2024}}</ref> |- | style="vertical-align:top| {{Clade | style=font-size:90%;line-height:80% |label1=''Vagococcus'' |1={{clade |1={{clade |1=''V. intermedius'' |2={{clade |1=''V. coleopterorum'' |2={{clade |1=''V. fessus'' |2=''V. proximus'' }} }} }} |2={{clade |1={{clade |1=''V. entomophilus'' |2={{clade |1=''V. allomyrinae'' |2=''V. salmoninarum'' }} }} |2={{clade |1=''V. xieshaowenii'' |2={{clade |1={{clade |1=''V. humatus'' |2={{clade |1=''V. lutrae'' |2={{clade |1=''V. acidifermentans'' |2=''V. elongatus'' }} }} }} |2={{clade |1={{clade |1=''V. fluvialis'' |2={{clade |1=''V. carniphilus'' |2=''V. hydrophili'' }} }} |2={{clade |1=''V. silagei'' |2={{clade |1=''V. bubulae'' |2={{clade |1={{clade |1=''V. martis'' |2=''V. teuberi'' }} |2={{clade |1=''V. luciliae'' |2={{clade |1=''V. penaei'' |2=''V. vulneris'' }} }} }} }} }} }} }} }} }} }} }} | {{Clade | style=font-size:90%;line-height:80% |label1=''Vagococcus'' |1={{clade |1=''V. entomophilus'' <small>Killer et al. 2014</small> |2={{clade |1={{clade |1={{clade |1=''V. humatus'' <small>Sundararaman, Srinivasan & Lee 2017</small> |2={{clade |1=''V. lutrae'' <small>Lawson et al. 1999</small> |2={{clade |1=''V. elongatus'' <small>Lawson et al. 2007</small> |2={{clade |1=''V. xieshaowenii'' <small>Ge et al. 2020</small> |2="''V. zengguangii''" <small>Ge et al. 2021</small> }} }} }} }} |2={{clade |1={{clade |1=''V. allomyrinae'' <small>Kim et al. 2022</small> |2=''V. salmoninarum'' <small>Wallbanks et al. 1990</small> }} |2={{clade |1=''V. intermedius'' <small>Johansson et al. 2023</small> |2={{clade |1=''V. coleopterorum'' <small>Hyun et al. 2022</small> |2={{clade |1=''V. fessus'' <small>Hoyles et al. 2000</small> |2=''V. proximus'' <small>Johansson et al. 2023</small> }} }} }} }} }} |2={{clade |1=''V. acidifermentans'' <small>Wang et al. 2011</small> |2={{clade |1={{clade |1=''V. silagei'' <small>Wu et al. 2020</small> |2={{clade |1=''V. penaei'' <small>Jaffrès et al. 2010</small> |2=''V. vulneris'' <small>Shewmaker et al. 2019</small> }} }} |2={{clade |1={{clade |1={{clade |1=''V. fluvialis'' <small>Collins et al. 1990</small> |2="''Ca.'' V. giribetii" <small>Schwartzman et al. 2023</small> }} |2={{clade |1=''V. carniphilus'' <small>Shewmaker et al. 2004</small> |2=''V. hydrophili'' <small>Hyun et al. 2022</small> }} }} |2={{clade |1={{clade |1=''V. bubulae'' <small>Shewmaker et al. 2019</small> |2=''V. luciliae'' <small>Guzman et al. 2023</small> }} |2={{clade |1=''V. martis'' <small>Tak et al. 2017</small> |2=''V. teuberi'' <small>Wullschleger et al. 2018</small> }} }} }} }} }} }} }} }} |} Unassigned species: * ''V. jeotgali'' <small>Joe et al. 2024</small>
==See also== * List of Bacteria genera * List of bacterial orders
== References == {{Reflist}}
== External links == *[https://lpsn.dsmz.de/genus/vagococcus Vagococcus page on LPSN]
{{Bacteria classification}} {{Taxonbar|from=Q16976645}} Category:Lactobacillales Category:Bacteria genera