Name: Citricoccus alkalitolerans Li et al. 2005

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: al.ka.li.to’le.rans. Arabic article al, the; Arabic masc. n. qaly, ashes of saltwort; L. pres. part. tolerans, tolerating; N.L. masc. part. adj. alkalitolerans, referring to the ability of the organism to tolerate alkaline media

Pronunciation, gender: al-ka-li-TO-le-rans, masculine

Type strain: CCTCC AA 203008; CCUG 51943; DSM 15665; JCM 13012; KCTC 19012; YIM 70010

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AY376164 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Li WJ, Chen HH, Zhang YQ, Kim CJ, Park DJ, Lee JC, Xu LH, Jiang CL. Citricoccus alkalitolerans sp. nov., a novel actinobacterium isolated from a desert soil in Egypt. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2005; 55:87-90.

IJSEM list: 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.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Emendations:
  • Schäfer et al. 2010 Schafer J, Martin K, Kampfer P. Citricoccus parietis sp. nov., isolated from a mould-colonized wall and emended description of Citricoccus alkalitolerans Li et al. 2005. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2010; 60:271-274. Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 60, part 2 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2010; 60:1011-1012.

• Notes:
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 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.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 4 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.
  • 🧍 The word tolerans, which appears in the etymology, is a "L. part. adj.", not a "Gr. adj." as cited in the paper by Li et al. 2005. Publication: Euzeby JP. List of Bacterial Names with Standing in Nomenclature: a folder available on the Internet. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1997; 47:590-592.

Parent taxon: Citricoccus Altenburger et al. 2002

Assigned by: Li WJ, Chen HH, Zhang YQ, Kim CJ, Park DJ, Lee JC, Xu LH, Jiang CL. Citricoccus alkalitolerans sp. nov., a novel actinobacterium isolated from a desert soil in Egypt. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2005; 55:87-90.

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