Name: Salinicoccus Ventosa et al. 1990

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Sa.li.ni.coc’cus. N.L. masc. adj. salinus, saline; N.L. masc. n. coccus, a grain or berry; from Gr. masc. n. kokkos, grain; N.L. masc. n. Salinicoccus, saline coccus

Gender, pronunciation (Latin): masculine (stem: Salinicocc-), sa-li-ni-KOK-kus

Type species: Salinicoccus roseus Ventosa et al. 1990

Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Ventosa A, Marquez MC, Ruiz-Berraquero F, Kocur M. Salinicoccus roseus gen. nov., sp. nov., a new moderately halophilic gram-positive coccus. Syst. Appl. Microbiol. 1990; 13:29-33. 🇪🇸

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Validation list no. 34. Validation of publication of new names and new combinations previously effectively published outside the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1990; 40:320-321.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Lacicoccus Bello et al. 2024	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Emendations:
  • Bello et al. 2023 Bello S, Mudassir SH, Rudra B, Gupta RS. Phylogenomic and molecular markers based studies on Staphylococcaceae and Gemella species. Proposals for an emended family Staphylococcaceae and three new families (Abyssicoccaceae fam. nov., Salinicoccaceae fam. nov. and Gemellaceae fam. nov.) harboring four new genera, Lacicoccus gen. nov., Macrococcoides gen. nov., Gemelliphila gen. nov., and Phocicoccus gen. nov. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek 2023; 116:937-973. 🇨🇦 Oren A, Göker M. List of changes in taxonomic opinion no. 39. Notification of changes in taxonomic opinion previously published outside the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2024; 74:6172.
    Notes:
    • ⊖ Emendation accompanied by the removal of 3 species from the genus.

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the family "Salinicoccaceae" Bello et al. 2023. Publication: Bello S, Mudassir SH, Rudra B, Gupta RS. Phylogenomic and molecular markers based studies on Staphylococcaceae and Gemella species. Proposals for an emended family Staphylococcaceae and three new families (Abyssicoccaceae fam. nov., Salinicoccaceae fam. nov. and Gemellaceae fam. nov.) harboring four new genera, Lacicoccus gen. nov., Macrococcoides gen. nov., Gemelliphila gen. nov., and Phocicoccus gen. nov. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek 2023; 116:937-973. 🇨🇦
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the family Salinicoccaceae Chuvochina et al. 2024. Publication: Chuvochina M, Mussig AJ, Chaumeil PA, Skarshewski A, Rinke C, Parks DH, Hugenholtz P. Proposal of names for 329 higher rank taxa defined in the Genome Taxonomy Database under two prokaryotic codes. FEMS Microbiol Lett 2023; 0:0. 🇦🇺
  • 🧕 Chuvochina et al. (2023) assigned this genus to the family Salinicoccaceae Chuvochina et al. 2024. Publication: Chuvochina M, Mussig AJ, Chaumeil PA, Skarshewski A, Rinke C, Parks DH, Hugenholtz P. Proposal of names for 329 higher rank taxa defined in the Genome Taxonomy Database under two prokaryotic codes. FEMS Microbiol Lett 2023; 0:0. 🇦🇺
  • 🧕 Li et al. (2024) assigned this genus to the family Salinicoccaceae Chuvochina et al. 2024. Publication: Li Y, Zhang D, Bo D, Peng D, Sun M, Zheng J. A taxonomic note on the order Caryophanales: description of 12 novel families and emended description of 21 families. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2024; 74:6539. 🇨🇳
  • 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Sajinicoccus"; "Salininicoccus"; "Salinococcus".
  • 💁 Taxonomists who have recently focused on this group are the corresponding authors of Ventosa et al. (1992). 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: DSM: 18; CGMCC: 8; KCTC: 7; JCM: 7; CCM: 5; LMG: 4; CIP: 3; CCUG: 3; ATCC: 2; MTCC: 1.
  • 😷 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". — 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.
  • 🧍 Pittman et al. (1991) suggested the abbreviation "SLCO" for this genus name but this does not appear to be of practical relevance any longer. Publication: Pittman KF, Walczak CA, Lock CM. Codes and abbreviations for approved of effectively published names of genera of bacteria published from January 1980 to December 1990. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1991; 41:571-579.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 18
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 18
Total number of child taxa: 24

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Salinicoccus albus Chen et al. 2009	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Salinicoccus alkaliphilus Zhang et al. 2002	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Salinicoccus amylolyticus Srinivas et al. 2016	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Salinicoccus bachuensis" Liang et al. 2025	not validly published	preferred name
    Salinicoccus carnicancri Jung et al. 2010	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Salinicoccus cyprini Talwar et al. 2020	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Salinicoccus halitifaciens Ramana et al. 2013	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Salinicoccus halodurans Wang et al. 2008	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Salinicoccus halophilus" Birdilla Selva Donio et al. 2018	not validly published	preferred name
    Salinicoccus hispanicus (Márquez et al. 1990) Ventosa et al. 1993	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Salinicoccus iranensis Amoozegar et al. 2008	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Salinicoccus jeotgali Aslam et al. 2007	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Salinicoccus kekensis" Gao et al. 2010	not validly published	preferred name
    Salinicoccus kunmingensis Chen et al. 2007	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Salinicoccus luteus Zhang et al. 2007	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Candidatus Salinicoccus merdavium" Gilroy et al. 2021	not validly published	pro-correct name
    Salinicoccus qingdaonensis Qu et al. 2012	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Salinicoccus roseus Ventosa et al. 1990	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Salinicoccus salitudinis" Chen et al. 2008	not validly published	preferred name
    Salinicoccus salsiraiae França et al. 2007	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Salinicoccus sediminis Kumar et al. 2015	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Salinicoccus sesuvii Kämpfer et al. 2011	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Salinicoccus siamensis Pakdeeto et al. 2007	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Candidatus Salinicoccus stercoripullorum" Gilroy et al. 2021	not validly published	pro-correct name

Parent taxon: Staphylococcaceae Schleifer and Bell 2010

Assigned by: Schleifer K-H, Bell JA. Family VIII. Staphylococcaceae fam. nov. In: De Vos P, Garrity GM, Jones D, Krieg NR, Ludwig W, Rainey FA, K.-H. S, Whitman WB (eds), Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, 2nd edn, vol. 3 (The Firmicutes), Springer, New York, 2009, p. 392. 🇧🇪

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