Name: Kineococcus radiotolerans Phillips et al. 2002

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: ra.di.o.to’le.rans. L. fem. n. radiatio, radiation; L. v. radio, pertaining to radiation; L. pres. part. tolerans, tolerating; N.L. masc. part. adj. radiotolerans, radiation-tolerating

Pronunciation, gender: ra-di-o-TO-le-rans, masculine

Type strain: ATCC BAA-149; DSM 14245; JCM 12686; NBRC 101839; SRS30216

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AF247813 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Phillips RW, Wiegel J, Berry CJ, Fliermans C, Peacock AD, White DC, Shimkets LJ. Kineococcus radiotolerans sp. nov., a radiation-resistant, gram-positive bacterium. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2002; 52:933-938.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 52, part 3 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2002; 52:1077-1079.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Emendations:
  • Nouioui et al. 2018 Nouioui I, Carro L, Garcia-Lopez M, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Woyke T, Kyrpides NC, Pukall R, Klenk HP, Goodfellow M, Goker M. Genome-Based Taxonomic Classification of the Phylum Actinobacteria. Front Microbiol 2018; 9:2007. Oren A, Garrity GM. List of changes in taxonomic opinion no. 29. Notification of changes in taxonomic opinion previously published outside the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2019; 69:13-32.

• Notes:
  • 🧬 The phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is 0.20384 (N = 5).
  • 😷 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. — 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 25 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.

Parent taxon: Kineococcus Yokota et al. 1993

Assigned by: Phillips RW, Wiegel J, Berry CJ, Fliermans C, Peacock AD, White DC, Shimkets LJ. Kineococcus radiotolerans sp. nov., a radiation-resistant, gram-positive bacterium. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2002; 52:933-938.

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Record number: 777099