Name: Kineococcus terrestris corrig. Xu et al. 2017

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: ter.res’tris. L. masc. adj. terrestris, of the earth

Pronunciation, gender: ter-RES-tris, masculine

Type strain: DSM 102155; KCTC 39738; YIM 121936

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: PP967331 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Xu FJ, Li QY, Li GD, Chen X, Jiang Y, Jiang CL. Kineococcus terrestris sp. nov. and Kineococcus aureolus sp. nov., isolated from saline sediment. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:4801-4807.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 67, part 11 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2018; 68:471-473.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Kineococcus terreus Xu et al. 2017	other spelling of name, inaccurate spelling
    Kineococcus aureolus Xu et al. 2017	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • ⏰ According to Huang et al. (2024), this species is an earlier heterotypic synonym of Kineococcus aureolus Xu et al. 2017. Publication: Huang J, Li S, Liu J, Lu CY, Manzoor S, Dong L, Li WJ. Genome-based reclassification of Kineococcus aureolus Xu et al. 2017 as a later heterotypic synonym of Kineococcus terrestris Xu et al. 2017. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2024; 74:6504.
  • 🏢 Synonymy of this taxon was mentioned in an IJSEM list. Publication: Oren A, Göker M. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 74, part 8 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2024; 74:6534.
  • 😷 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 2 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.
  • 🧍 In the abstract of the IJSEM original publication, the name is stated incorrectly as Kineococcus terreus (sic). — Leibniz Institute DSMZ. Prokaryotic Nomenclature Up-to-date, 2018-12-11.

Parent taxon: Kineococcus Yokota et al. 1993

Assigned by: Xu FJ, Li QY, Li GD, Chen X, Jiang Y, Jiang CL. Kineococcus terrestris sp. nov. and Kineococcus aureolus sp. nov., isolated from saline sediment. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:4801-4807.

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Record number: 796199