Species Kocuria turfanensis

Name: Kocuria turfanensis Zhou et al. 2008

Category, proposed as: species, sp. nov.

Etymology: tur.fa.nen’sis. N.L. fem. adj. turfanensis, referring to Turfan, China, the geographical origin of the type strain

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: ko-KU-ri-a tur-fa-NEN-sis, feminine

Type strain: CCTCC AB 206107; DSM 22143; HO-9042; JCM 15622; KCTC 19307

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: DQ531634 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Zhou G, Luo X, Tang Y, Zhang L, Yang Q, Qiu Y, Fang C. Kocuria flava sp. nov. and Kocuria turfanensis sp. nov., airborne actinobacteria isolated from Xinjiang, China. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008; 58:1304-1307. 🇨🇳

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 58, part 6 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008; 58:1995-1996.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name (and explicitly recommended for medical use)

Risk group: 1

• Emendations:
  • Camacho et al. 2017 Camacho M, Redondo-Gomez S, Rodriguez-Llorente I, Rohde M, Sproer C, Schumann P, Klenk HP, Montero-Calasanz MDC. Kocuria salina sp. nov., an actinobacterium isolated from the rhizosphere of the halophyte Arthrocnemum macrostachyum and emended description of Kocuria turfanensis. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:5006-5012. 🇪🇸 Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 67, part 12 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2018; 68:695-697.
  • 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 0.00371 (N = 21).
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2026-08-13. 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 8 times in PubMed until 2026-06-11.
  • 🙆 This name is on the List of Recommended Names for bacteria of medical importance (LoRN) as the name to be applied to this species. The name is on LoRN because of the recorded pathogenicity of other species in the genus.

Parent taxon: Kocuria Stackebrandt et al. 1995

Assigned by: Zhou G, Luo X, Tang Y, Zhang L, Yang Q, Qiu Y, Fang C. Kocuria flava sp. nov. and Kocuria turfanensis sp. nov., airborne actinobacteria isolated from Xinjiang, China. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008; 58:1304-1307. 🇨🇳

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