Name: Nesterenkonia Stackebrandt et al. 1995

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Nes.te.ren.ko’ni.a. N.L. fem. n. Nesterenkonia, named in honour of Olga Nesterenko, an Ukrainian microbiologist

Gender, pronunciation (Latin): feminine (stem: Nesterenkoni-), nes-te-ren-KO-ni-a

Type species: Nesterenkonia halobia (Onishi and Kamekura 1972) Stackebrandt et al. 1995

Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Stackebrandt E, Koch C, Gvozdiak O, 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. 🇩🇪

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 45, part 4 of the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1996; 46:364-365.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Emendations:
  • Collins et al. 2002 Collins MD, Lawson PA, Labrenz M, Tindall BJ, Weiss N, 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. 🇩🇪 Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 52, part 4 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2002; 52:1439-1440.
    Notes:
    • ⊕ Emendation accompanied by the proposal of 1 new species in the genus.
  • Li et al. 2005 Li WJ, Chen HH, Kim CJ, Zhang YQ, Park DJ, Lee JC, Xu LH, Jiang CL. 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. 🇨🇳 Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 55, part 1 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2005; 55:987-991.
    Notes:
    • ⊕ Emendation accompanied by the proposal of 2 new species in the genus.
  • Machin et al. 2019 Machin EV, Asem MD, Salam N, Iriarte A, Langleib M, Li WJ, Menes RJ. Nesterenkonia natronophila sp. nov., an alkaliphilic actinobacterium isolated from a soda lake, and emended description of the genus Nesterenkonia. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2019; 69:1960-1966. 🇨🇳 Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 69, part 7 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2019; 69:2963-2965.
    Notes:
    • ⊕ Emendation accompanied by the proposal of 1 new species in the genus.

• Notes:
  • 🚋 The type species of this genus has alternatively been placed in the genus Micrococcus Cohn 1872 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: Onishi H, Kamekura M. Micrococcus halobius sp. n. International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology 1972; 22:233-236.
  • 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Nesterekonia"; "Nesternkonia"; "Nesteronkonia".
  • 💁 Taxonomists who have recently focused on this group are the corresponding authors of Xie et al. (2021), Li et al. (2005), Wang et al. (2014). Editors in search of reviewers are advised to consider additional criteria such as whether a taxon is covered by one of the ICSP subcommittees.
  • 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: JCM: 17; DSM: 17; KCTC: 10; CCTCC: 7; MCCC: 6; CGMCC: 4; NBRC: 4; LMG: 4; CCUG: 3; EGI: 2.
  • 😷 The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "Animal classification RG: 1 - Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No - Containment level: Containment Level 1". — The risk group for Taiwan has been imported on 2024-11-03. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "P650 = v". — If in doubt, use the risk group given in the regulations for your country and, if these are not available, use the risk group given in the catalogue of the culture collection from which you have obtained or intend to obtain the strain.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 29
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 29
Total number of child taxa: 31

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Nesterenkonia aerolata Song et al. 2024	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Nesterenkonia aethiopica Delgado et al. 2006	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Nesterenkonia alba Luo et al. 2009	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Nesterenkonia alkaliphila Zhang et al. 2015	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Nesterenkonia aurantiaca Finore et al. 2016	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Nesterenkonia cremea Sultanpuram et al. 2017	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Nesterenkonia ebinurensis" Anwar et al. 2021	not validly published	preferred name
    Nesterenkonia endophytica Li et al. 2018	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Nesterenkonia flava Luo et al. 2008	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Nesterenkonia haasae Wang et al. 2022	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Nesterenkonia halobia (Onishi and Kamekura 1972) Stackebrandt et al. 1995	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Nesterenkonia halophila Li et al. 2008	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Nesterenkonia halotolerans Li et al. 2004	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Nesterenkonia jeotgali Yoon et al. 2006	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Nesterenkonia lacusekhoensis Collins et al. 2002	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Nesterenkonia lutea Li et al. 2005	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Nesterenkonia maliinae Salinas-García and Priemé 2026	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Nesterenkonia marinintestina Zhao et al. 2025	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Nesterenkonia massiliensis Edouard et al. 2016	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Nesterenkonia muleiensis Wang et al. 2020	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Nesterenkonia natronophila Machin et al. 2019	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Nesterenkonia pannonica Borsodi et al. 2017	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Nesterenkonia populi Liu et al. 2015	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Nesterenkonia rhizosphaerae Wang et al. 2014	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Nesterenkonia salmonea Zhang et al. 2020	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Nesterenkonia sandarakina Li et al. 2005	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Nesterenkonia sedimenti Xie et al. 2022	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Nesterenkonia sphaerica Zhang et al. 2020	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Candidatus Nesterenkonia stercoripullorum" Gilroy et al. 2021	not validly published	pro-correct name
    Nesterenkonia suensis Govender et al. 2013	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Nesterenkonia xinjiangensis Li et al. 2004	validly published under the ICNP	correct name

Parent taxon: Micrococcaceae Pribram 1929 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Stackebrandt E, Rainey FA, Ward-Rainey NL. Proposal for a new hierarchic classification system, Actinobacteria classis nov. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1997; 47:479-491. 🇩🇪

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