Name: Kineococcus xinjiangensis Liu et al. 2009

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: xin.jiang.en’sis. N.L. masc. adj. xinjiangensis, pertaining to Xinjiang, a province in north-west China, where the type strain was isolated

Pronunciation, gender: xin-jian͡g-EN-sis, masculine

Type strain: CCTCC AB 207179; DSM 22857; JCM 16219; KCTC 19474; S2-20

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: EU543662 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Liu M, Peng F, Wang Y, Zhang K, Chen G, Fang C. Kineococcus xinjiangensis sp. nov., isolated from desert sand. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009; 59:1090-1093.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 59, part 5 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009; 59:1853-1855.

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 terminology used by the authors is in line with many other taxonomic studies and does not negatively affect their main results; some improvements may nevertheless be possible. Contrasting the term "chemotaxonomic" with "phenotypic" is not recommended. Using the term "phylogenetic data" (or equivalent) for sequence data is not advocated. See the LPSN phylogeny page for details. Publication: Göker M. What can genome analysis offer for bacteria? In: Bridge P, Smith D, Stackebrandt E (eds), Trends in the systematics of bacteria and fungi, CAB International, Wallingford, 2021, p. 255-281.
  • 😷 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 3 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.

Parent taxon: Kineococcus Yokota et al. 1993

Assigned by: Liu M, Peng F, Wang Y, Zhang K, Chen G, Fang C. Kineococcus xinjiangensis sp. nov., isolated from desert sand. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009; 59:1090-1093.

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