Name: Marinococcus albus Hao et al. 1985

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

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

Pronunciation, gender: AL-bus, 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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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. — 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 6 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.

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