Name: Halalkalicoccus jeotgali Roh et al. 2007

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: je.ot.ga’li. N.L. gen. neut. n. jeotgali, of jeotgal, a traditional Korean fermented seafood

Gender: masculine

Type strain: B 3; CECT 7217; DSM 18796; JCM 14584; KCTC 4019

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AB663348 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Roh SW, Nam YD, Chang HW, Sung Y, Kim KH, Oh HM, Bae JW. Halalkalicoccus jeotgali sp. nov., a halophilic archaeon from shrimp jeotgal, a traditional Korean fermented seafood. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007; 57:2296-2298.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 57, part 10 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008; 58:3-4.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 8 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.
  • 🧍 The genome of the type strain was sequenced as part of the GEBA (Genomic Encyclopedia of Bacteria and Archaea) project. Publication: Mukherjee S, Seshadri R, Varghese NJ, Eloe-Fadrosh EA, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Goker M, Coates RC, Hadjithomas M, Pavlopoulos GA, Paez-Espino D, et al. 1,003 reference genomes of bacterial and archaeal isolates expand coverage of the tree of life. Nat Biotechnol 2017; 35:676-683.

Parent taxon: Halalkalicoccus Xue et al. 2005

Assigned by: Roh SW, Nam YD, Chang HW, Sung Y, Kim KH, Oh HM, Bae JW. Halalkalicoccus jeotgali sp. nov., a halophilic archaeon from shrimp jeotgal, a traditional Korean fermented seafood. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007; 57:2296-2298.

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Record number: 786777