Name: Egicoccus halophilus Zhang et al. 2016

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: ha.lo’phi.lus. Gr. masc. n. hals, salt; Gr. masc. adj. philos, loving; N.L. masc. adj. halophilus, salt-loving

Gender: masculine

Type strain: 80432; CGMCC 1.14988; EGI 80432; KCTC 33612

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: KR605110 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Zhang YG, Chen JY, Wang HF, Xiao M, Yang LL, Guo JW, Zhou EM, Zhang YM, Li WJ. Egicoccus halophilus gen. nov., sp. nov., a halophilic, alkalitolerant actinobacterium and proposal of Egicoccaceae fam. nov. and Egicoccales ord. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2016; 66:530-535.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 66, part 2 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2016; 66:1916-1919.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Egicoccus Zhang et al. 2016. Publication: Zhang YG, Chen JY, Wang HF, Xiao M, Yang LL, Guo JW, Zhou EM, Zhang YM, Li WJ. Egicoccus halophilus gen. nov., sp. nov., a halophilic, alkalitolerant actinobacterium and proposal of Egicoccaceae fam. nov. and Egicoccales ord. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2016; 66:530-535.
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 5 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.

Parent taxon: Egicoccus Zhang et al. 2016

Assigned by: Zhang YG, Chen JY, Wang HF, Xiao M, Yang LL, Guo JW, Zhou EM, Zhang YM, Li WJ. Egicoccus halophilus gen. nov., sp. nov., a halophilic, alkalitolerant actinobacterium and proposal of Egicoccaceae fam. nov. and Egicoccales ord. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2016; 66:530-535.

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