Genus Nesterenkonia
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Number of species, including synonyms, cited in this file: 20
Number of subspecies, including synonyms, cited in this file: 0
Classification (Warning: see also the file "Classification of prokaryotes: Introduction").
For a detailed description of this taxon see Bergey’s Manual of Systematics of Archaea and Bacteria (BMSAB).
Nesterenkonia Stackebrandt et al. 1995, gen. nov.
Type species: ¤ Nesterenkonia halobia (Onishi and Kamekura 1972) Stackebrandt et al. 1995.
Etymology: N.L. fem. n. Nesterenkonia, named in honour of Olga Nesterenko, an Ukrainian microbiologist.
Valid publication: STACKEBRANDT (E.), KOCH (C.), GVOZDIAK (O.) and SCHUMANN (P.): Taxonomic dissection of the genus Micrococcus: Kocuria gen. nov., Nesterenkonia gen. nov., Kytococcus gen. nov., Dermacoccus gen. nov., and Micrococcus Cohn 1872 gen. emend. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1995, 45, 682-692.
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→ Nesterenkonia Stackebrandt et al. 1995 emend. Collins et al. 2002.
Reference: COLLINS (M.D.), LAWSON (P.A.), LABRENZ (M.), TINDALL (B.J.), WEISS (N.) and HIRSCH (P.): Nesterenkonia lacusekhoensis sp. nov., isolated from hypersaline Ekho Lake, East Antarctica, and emended description of the genus Nesterenkonia. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2002, 52, 1145-1150.
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→ Nesterenkonia Stackebrandt et al. 1995 emend. Li et al. 2005.
Reference: LI (W.J.), CHEN (H.H.), KIM (C.J.), ZHANG (Y.Q.), PARK (D.J.), LEE (J.C.), XU (L.H.) and JIANG (C.L.): Nesterenkonia sandarakina sp. nov. and Nesterenkonia lutea sp. nov., novel actinobacteria, and emended description of the genus Nesterenkonia. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2005, 55, 463-466.
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Nesterenkonia aethiopica Delgado et al. 2006, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) CCUG 48939 = DSM 17733 = JCM 14309.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: AY574575.
Etymology: L. fem. adj. aethiopica, pertaining to Ethiopia.
Valid publication: DELGADO (O.), QUILLAGUAMÁN (J.), BAKHTIAR (S.), MATTIASSON (B.), GESSESSE (A.) and HATTI-KAUL (R.): Nesterenkonia aethiopica sp. nov., an alkaliphilic, moderate halophile isolated from an Ethiopian soda lake. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2006, 56, 1229-1232.
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Nesterenkonia alba Luo et al. 2009, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) CAAS 252 = CCTCC AB 207011 = DSM 19423 = JCM 16549.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: EU566871.
Etymology: L. fem. adj. alba, white, referring to the colour of colonies of the organism.
Valid publication: LUO (H.Y.), WANG (Y.R.), MIAO (L.H.), YANG (P.L.), SHI (P.J.), FANG (C.X.), YAO (B.) and FAN (Y.L.): Nesterenkonia alba sp. nov., an alkaliphilic actinobacterium isolated from the black liquor treatment system of a cotton pulp mill. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2009, 59, 863-868.
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Nesterenkonia alkaliphila Zhang et al. 2015, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) F10=LMG 28112=CGMCC 1.12781=JCM 19766=MCCC 1A09946.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: KF914157.
Etymology: N.L. n. alkali (from the Arabic word al-qaliy), the ashes of saltwort; N.L. adj. philus -a -um (from Gr. adj. philos -ê -on), friend, loving; N.L. fem. adj. alkaliphila, loving alkaline conditions.
Source: Environmental - marine.
Valid publication: ZHANG, G., ZHANG, Y., YIN, X. and WANG, S. 2015. Nesterenkonia alkaliphila sp. nov., an alkaliphilic, halotolerant actinobacteria isolated from the western Pacific Ocean. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 65, 516-521
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Nesterenkonia aurantiaca Finore et al. 2016, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) CK5=DSM 27373=JCM 19723.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: HG795012.
Whole-genome sequence accession no. for the type strain: -.
Etymology: N.L. fem. adj. aurantiaca, orange-coloured, referring to the colour of colonies of the type strain.
Source: Environmental - soil.
Valid publication: FINORE, I., ORLANDO, P., DI DONATO, P., LEONE, L., NICOLAUS, B. and POLI, A. 2016. Nesterenkonia aurantiaca sp. nov., an alkaliphilic actinobacterium isolated from Antarctica. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 66, 1554-1560.
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Nesterenkonia cremea Sultanpuram et al. 2017, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) 10C=LMG 29100=KCTC 39636=CGMCC 1.15388.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: LT601575.
Etymology: N.L. fem. adj. cremea, cream–white, referring to the colour of the colonies.
Source: Environmental - saline lake.
Valid publication: SULTANPURAM, V. R., MOTHE, T., CHINTALAPATI, S. and CHINTALAPATI, V. R. 2017. Nesterenkonia cremea sp. nov., a bacterium isolated from a soda lake. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 67, 1861-1866.
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Nesterenkonia endophytica Li et al. 2018, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) EGI 60016=CCTCC AB 2017176=NBRC 112398.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: MF630917.
Etymology: Gr. pref. endo, within; Gr. n. phyton, plant; L. fem. suff. -ica, adjectival suffix used with the sense of belonging to; N.L. fem. adj. endophytica, within plant, endophytic, pertaining to the isolation from plant tissues.
Source: Plant.
Valid publication: LI, L., LI, Y. Q., FU, Y. S., ZHANG, H., ALKHALIFAH, D. H. M., SALAM, N., HOZZEIN, W. N., ASEM, M. D. and LI, W. J. 2018. Nesterenkonia endophytica sp. nov., isolated from roots of Glycyrrhiza uralensis. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 68, 2659-2663.
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Nesterenkonia flava Luo et al. 2008, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) CAAS 251 = CCTCC AB 207010 = JCM 14814.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: EF680886.
Etymology: L. fem. adj. flava, yellow, referring to the colour of colonies of the organism.
Valid publication: LUO (H.Y.), MIAO (L.H.), FANG (C.), YANG (P.L.), WANG (Y.R.), SHI (P.J.), YAO (B.) and FAN (Y.L.): Nesterenkonia flava sp. nov., isolated from paper-mill effluent. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2008, 58, 1927-1930.
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Nesterenkonia halobia (Onishi and Kamekura 1972) Stackebrandt et al. 1995, comb. nov. (Type species of the genus.)
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) ATCC 21727= CCM 2591 = CCUG 38889 = CIP 81.68 = DSM 20541 = IFO (now NBRC) 15353 = JCM 11483 = VKM B-1317.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: X80747.
Basonym: ¤ Micrococcus halobius Onishi and Kamekura 1972 (Approved Lists 1980).
Etymology: Gr. n. hals halos, salt; Gr. n. bios, life; N.L. fem. adj. halobia, living on salt.
Valid publication: STACKEBRANDT (E.), KOCH (C.), GVOZDIAK (O.) and SCHUMANN (P.): Taxonomic dissection of the genus Micrococcus: Kocuria gen. nov., Nesterenkonia gen. nov., Kytococcus gen. nov., Dermacoccus gen. nov., and Micrococcus Cohn 1872 gen. emend. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1995, 45, 682-692.
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Note: In the paper by Stackebrandt et al. 1995, the basonym is cited as Micrococcus halobius Onishi and Kamekura 1973 (sic) (Approved Lists 1980).
Nesterenkonia halophila Li et al. 2008, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) YIM 70179 = DSM 16378 = KCTC 19048.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: AY820953.
Etymology: Gr. n. hals halos, salt; N.L. adj. philus -a -um (from Gr. adj. philos -ê -on), friend, loving; N.L. fem. adj. halophila, salt-loving, referring to the ability to grow at high salt concentrations.
Valid publication: LI (W.J.), ZHANG (Y.Q.), SCHUMANN (P.), LIU (H.Y.), YU (L.Y.), ZHANG (Y.Q.), STACKEBRANDT (E.), XU (L.H.) and JIANG (C.L.): Nesterenkonia halophila sp. nov., a moderately halophilic, alkalitolerant actinobacterium isolated from a saline soil. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2008, 58, 1359-1363.
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Nesterenkonia halotolerans Li et al. 2004, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) YIM 70084 = CCTCC AA 001022 = DSM 15474 = JCM 13018.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: AY226508.
Etymology: Gr. n. hals halos, salt; L. part. adj. tolerans, tolerating; N.L. part. adj. halotolerans, salt-tolerating, referring to the ability to tolerate high salt concentrations.
Valid publication: LI (W.J.), CHEN (H.H.), ZHANG (Y.Q.), SCHUMANN (P.), STACKEBRANDT (E.), XU (L.H.) and JIANG (C.L.): Nesterenkonia halotolerans sp. nov. and Nesterenkonia xinjiangensis sp. nov., actinobacteria from saline soils in the west of China. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2004, 54, 837-841.
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Notes:
1 In the etymology provided by Li et al. 2004, the Greek noun hals (genitive halos) is erroneously cited as halos.
2 In the protologue, the strain CCTCC AA 001022 is cited as CCTCC AA001022.
Nesterenkonia jeotgali Yoon et al. 2006, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) JG-241 = JCM 12610 = KCTC 19053.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: AY928901.
Etymology: N.L. gen. n. jeotgali, of jeotgal, from which the type strain was isolated.
Valid publication: YOON (J.H.), JUNG (S.Y.), KIM (W.), NAM (S.W.) and OH (T.K.): Nesterenkonia jeotgali sp. nov., isolated from jeotgal, a traditional Korean fermented seafood. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2006, 56, 2587-2592.
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Nesterenkonia lacusekhoensis Collins et al. 2002, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) CCUG 47141 = CIP 107030 = DSM 12544 = IFAM EL-30 = JCM 11953.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: AJ290397.
Etymology: N.L. fem. adj. lacusekhoensis, of or belonging to "Ekho Lake", the lake in Antarctica from which the organism was isolated.
Valid publication: COLLINS (M.D.), LAWSON (P.A.), LABRENZ (M.), TINDALL (B.J.), WEISS (N.) and HIRSCH (P.): Nesterenkonia lacusekhoensis sp. nov., isolated from hypersaline Ekho Lake, East Antarctica, and emended description of the genus Nesterenkonia. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2002, 52, 1145-1150.
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Nesterenkonia lutea Li et al. 2005, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) CCTCC AA 203010 = DSM 15666 = JCM 13019 = KCTC 19013 = YIM 70081.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: AY588278.
Etymology: L. fem. adj. lutea, gold-yellow.
Valid publication: LI (W.J.), CHEN (H.H.), KIM (C.J.), ZHANG (Y.Q.), PARK (D.J.), LEE (J.C.), XU (L.H.) and JIANG (C.L.): Nesterenkonia sandarakina sp. nov. and Nesterenkonia lutea sp. nov., novel actinobacteria, and emended description of the genus Nesterenkonia. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2005, 55, 463-466.
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Nesterenkonia massiliensis Edouard et al. 2016, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) NP1=CSUR P244=DSM 26221.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: JX424770.
Whole-genome sequence accession no. for the type strain: CBLL00000000.
Etymology: L. fem. adj. massiliensis, of Massilia, the Roman name of Marseille, France, where the type strain was isolated.
Source: Clinical.
Valid publication: VALIDATION LIST no. 170. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 66 (2016), 2463-2466.
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Effective publication: EDOUARD, S., SANKAR, S., DANGUI, N. P. M., LAGIER, J.-C., MICHELLE, C., RAOULT, D., FOURNIER, P.-E. 2014. Genome sequence and description of Nesterenkonia massiliensis sp. nov. strain NP1T. Stand. Genomic Sci. 9, 866-882.
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Nesterenkonia pannonica Borsodi et al. 2017, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) BV-35=DSM 29786=NCAIM B 02606.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: LN610504.
Etymology: L. fem. adj. pannonica, relating to Pannonia, the Roman name for the area of Hungary where the type strain was isolated.
Source: Environmental.
Valid publication: BORSODI, A. K., SZILI-KOVACS, T., SCHUMANN, P., SPROER, C., MARIALIGETI, K. and TOTH, E. 2017. Nesterenkonia pannonica sp. nov., a novel alkaliphilic and moderately halophilic actinobacterium. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 67, 4116-4120.
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Nesterenkonia populi Liu et al. 2015, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) GP10-3=DSM 27959=KCTC 29119.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: KP057085.
Etymology: L. gen. n. populi, of poplar, pertaining to Populus, the Latin name for the poplars from which the strain was isolated.
Source: Plant.
Valid publication: LIU, J. M., TUO, L., HABDEN, X., GUO, L., JIANG, Z. K., LIU, X. F., CHEN, L., ZHANG, Y. Q. and SUN, C. H. 2015. Nesterenkonia populi sp. nov., an actinobacterium isolated from Populus euphratica. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 65, 1474-1479.
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Nesterenkonia rhizosphaerae Wang et al. 2014, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) EGI 80099=BCRC 16947=JCM 19129.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: KF040423.
Etymology: N.L. gen. n. rhizosphaerae, of the rhizosphere.
Source: Environmental - soil.
Valid publication: WANG, H.-F., ZHANG, Y.-G., CHEN, J.-Y., HOZZEIN, W. N., LI, L., WADAAN, M. A. M., ZHANG, Y.-M. and LI, W.-J. 2014. Nesterenkonia rhizosphaerae sp. nov., an alkaliphilic actinobacterium isolated from rhizosphere soil in a saline-alkaline desert. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 64, 4021-4026.
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Nesterenkonia sandarakina Li et al. 2005, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) CCTCC AA 203007 = DSM 15664 = JCM 13020 = KCTC 19011 = YIM 70009.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: AY588277.
Etymology: N.L. fem. adj. sandarakina (from Gr. fem. adj. sandarakinê), of orange colour.
Valid publication: LI (W.J.), CHEN (H.H.), KIM (C.J.), ZHANG (Y.Q.), PARK (D.J.), LEE (J.C.), XU (L.H.) and JIANG (C.L.): Nesterenkonia sandarakina sp. nov. and Nesterenkonia lutea sp. nov., novel actinobacteria, and emended description of the genus Nesterenkonia. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2005, 55, 463-466.
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Nesterenkonia suensis Govender et al. 2013, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) Sua-BAC020 = DSM 22748 = NCCB 100309.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: FJ948172.
Etymology: N.L. fem. adj. suensis, of or pertaining to Sua salt pan, Botswana, where the type strain was isolated.
Valid publication: GOVENDER (L.), NAIDOO (L.) and SETATI (M.E.): Nesterenkonia suensis sp. nov., a haloalkaliphilic actinobacterium isolated from a salt pan. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2013, 63, 41-46.
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Nesterenkonia xinjiangensis Li et al. 2004, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) YIM 70097 = CCTCC AA 001025 = DSM 15475 = JCM 13021.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: AY226510.
Etymology: N.L. fem. adj. xinjiangensis, pertaining to Xinjiang, the province of western China in which the samples were collected.
Valid publication: LI (W.J.), CHEN (H.H.), ZHANG (Y.Q.), SCHUMANN (P.), STACKEBRANDT (E.), XU (L.H.) and JIANG (C.L.): Nesterenkonia halotolerans sp. nov. and Nesterenkonia xinjiangensis sp. nov., actinobacteria from saline soils in the west of China. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2004, 54, 837-841.
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Note: In the protologue, the strain CCTCC AA 001025 is cited as CCTCC AA001025.