Name: Kocuria halotolerans Tang et al. 2009

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: ha.lo.to’le.rans. Gr. masc. n. hals (gen. halos), salt; L. pres. part. tolerans, tolerating, enduring; N.L. part. adj. halotolerans, salt-tolerating

Gender: feminine

Type strain: CCTCC AB 206069; DSM 18442; KCTC 19172; YIM 90716

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: DQ979377 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Tang SK, Wang Y, Lou K, Mao PH, Xu LH, Jiang CL, Kim CJ, Li WJ. Kocuria halotolerans sp. nov., an actinobacterium isolated from a saline soil in China. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009; 59:1316-1320.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 59, part 6 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009; 59:2131-2132.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Rothia halotolerans (Tang et al. 2009) Nouioui et al. 2018

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Rothia halotolerans (Tang et al. 2009) Nouioui et al. 2018	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • ❗ Kocuria halotolerans 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 Kocuria.
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 3 times in PubMed until 2024-03-28.
  • 🧍 See also: Publication: Hamedi J, Mohammadipanah F, Ventosa A. Systematic and biotechnological aspects of halophilic and halotolerant actinomycetes. Extremophiles 2013; 17:1-13.

Parent taxon: Kocuria Stackebrandt et al. 1995

Assigned by: Tang SK, Wang Y, Lou K, Mao PH, Xu LH, Jiang CL, Kim CJ, Li WJ. Kocuria halotolerans sp. nov., an actinobacterium isolated from a saline soil in China. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009; 59:1316-1320.

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