Name: Halococcus turkmenicus Zvyagintseva and Tarasov 1989

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: turk.me’ni.cus. N.L. masc. adj. turkmenicus, of Turkmen (Turkmenistan), from where the bacterium was originally isolated

Gender: masculine

Type strain: 4k; ATCC 51198; CIP 106419; DSM 5511; JCM 9101; NCIMB 13204; VKM B-1734

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AB663450 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Zvyagintseva IS, Tarasov AL. Extreme halophilic bacteria from saline soils. Mikrobiologiya 1987; 56:839-844.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Validation list no. 31. Validation of publication of new names and new combinations previously effectively published outside the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1989; 39:495-497.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Haloterrigena turkmenica (Zvyagintseva and Tarasov 1989) Ventosa et al. 1999

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Haloterrigena turkmenica (Zvyagintseva and Tarasov 1989) Ventosa et al. 1999	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • ❗ Halococcus turkmenicus is the correct name instead if this species is regarded as a separate species (i.e., if its nomenclatural type is not assigned to another species whose name is validly published, legitimate and not rejected and has priority) within a separate genus Halococcus.
  • 😷 The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No". — The risk group for Swiss Confederation has been imported on 2024-02-01. The full classification is: risk group = 1. — 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 2024-03-28.

Parent taxon: Halococcus Schoop 1935 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Zvyagintseva IS, Tarasov AL. Extreme halophilic bacteria from saline soils. Mikrobiologiya 1987; 56:839-844.

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Record number: 776735