Name: Aliicoccus persicus Amoozegar et al. 2014

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: per’si.cus. L. masc. adj. persicus, of Persia

Gender: masculine

Type strain: A76; CECT 8508; DSM 28306; IBRC M 10081

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: MT760322 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Amoozegar MA, Bagheri M, Makhdoumi-Kakhki A, Didari M, Schumann P, Nikou MM, Sanchez-Porro C, Ventosa A. Aliicoccus persicus gen. nov., sp. nov., a halophilic member of the Firmicutes isolated from a hypersaline lake. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2014; 64:1964-1969.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 64, part 6 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2014; 64:2930-2931.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Aliicoccus Amoozegar et al. 2014. Publication: Amoozegar MA, Bagheri M, Makhdoumi-Kakhki A, Didari M, Schumann P, Nikou MM, Sanchez-Porro C, Ventosa A. Aliicoccus persicus gen. nov., sp. nov., a halophilic member of the Firmicutes isolated from a hypersaline lake. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2014; 64:1964-1969.
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 1 time in PubMed until 2024-03-27.

Parent taxon: Aliicoccus Amoozegar et al. 2014

Assigned by: Amoozegar MA, Bagheri M, Makhdoumi-Kakhki A, Didari M, Schumann P, Nikou MM, Sanchez-Porro C, Ventosa A. Aliicoccus persicus gen. nov., sp. nov., a halophilic member of the Firmicutes isolated from a hypersaline lake. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2014; 64:1964-1969.

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