Name: Marinococcus albus Hao et al. 1985

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: al’bus. L. masc. adj. albus, white

Gender: masculine

Type strain: ATCC 49811; CCM 3517; CIP 104820; DSM 20748; HK 733; IAM 12845; JCM 2574; LMG 17430; NBRC 102360; VKM Ac-1949

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AB681752 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Hao MV, Kocur M, Komagata K. Marinococcus gen. nov., a new genus for motile cocci with meso-diaminopimelic acid in the cell wall; and Marinococcus albus sp. nov. and Marinococcus halophilus (Novitsky and Kushner) comb. nov. J. Gen. Appl. Microbiol. 1984; 30:449-459.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Validation list no. 19. Validation of publication of new names and new combinations previously effectively published outside the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1985; 35:535.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Salimicrobium album (Hao et al. 1985) Yoon et al. 2007

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Salimicrobium album (Hao et al. 1985) Yoon et al. 2007	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • ❗ Marinococcus albus 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 Marinococcus.
  • 😷 The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "Animal classification RG: 2 - Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No - Containment level: Containment Level 2". — The risk group for Swiss Confederation has been imported on 2024-02-01. The full classification is: risk group = 1. — The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 6 times in PubMed until 2024-03-28.

Parent taxon: Marinococcus Hao et al. 1985

Assigned by: Hao MV, Kocur M, Komagata K. Marinococcus gen. nov., a new genus for motile cocci with meso-diaminopimelic acid in the cell wall; and Marinococcus albus sp. nov. and Marinococcus halophilus (Novitsky and Kushner) comb. nov. J. Gen. Appl. Microbiol. 1984; 30:449-459.

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Record number: 786791