Name: Kocuria koreensis Park et al. 2010

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: ko.re.en’sis. N.L. fem. adj. koreensis, pertaining to Korea, isolated from Korean fermented seafood, made from comb pen shell

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … ko-re-EN-sis, feminine

Type strain: DSM 23367; JCM 15915; KCTC 19595; P31

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: FJ607312 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Park EJ, Roh SW, Kim MS, Jung MJ, Shin KS, Bae JW. Kocuria koreensis sp. nov., isolated from fermented seafood. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2010; 60:140-143. 🇰🇷

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 60, part 1 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2010; 60:719-720.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: synonym (and not recommended for medical use)

Correct name: Rothia koreensis (Park et al. 2010) Nouioui et al. 2018

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Rothia koreensis (Park et al. 2010) Nouioui et al. 2018	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• 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. 🇬🇧
  • ❗ Kocuria koreensis 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. — 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 4 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.
  • 🙅 This name is on the List of Recommended Names for bacteria of medical importance (LoRN) as a synonym of the name to be applied to this species. The name is on LoRN because of the recorded risk group of the genus.

Parent taxon: Kocuria Stackebrandt et al. 1995

Assigned by: Park EJ, Roh SW, Kim MS, Jung MJ, Shin KS, Bae JW. Kocuria koreensis sp. nov., isolated from fermented seafood. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2010; 60:140-143. 🇰🇷

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Record number: 788331