Name: Marinococcus halotolerans Li et al. 2005

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: ha.lo.to’le.rans. Gr. masc. n. hals, salt; L. pres. part. tolerans, tolerating; N.L. masc. part. adj. halotolerans, referring to the ability of the organism to tolerate high salt concentrations

Pronunciation, gender: ha-lo-TO-le-rans, masculine

Type strain: DSM 16375; KCTC 19045; YIM 70157

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AB769482 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Li WJ, Schumann P, Zhang YQ, Chen GZ, Tian XP, Xu LH, Stackebrandt E, Jiang CL. Marinococcus halotolerans sp. nov., isolated from Qinghai, north-west China. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2005; 55:1801-1804.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 55, part 5 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006; 56:7-9.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 🧬 The phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is 0.24842 (N = 101).
  • 😷 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 5 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.
  • 🧍 The genome of the type strain was sequenced as part of the GEBA (Genomic Encyclopedia of Bacteria and Archaea) project. Publication: Mukherjee S, Seshadri R, Varghese NJ, Eloe-Fadrosh EA, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Goker M, Coates RC, Hadjithomas M, Pavlopoulos GA, Paez-Espino D, et al. 1,003 reference genomes of bacterial and archaeal isolates expand coverage of the tree of life. Nat Biotechnol 2017; 35:676-683.

Parent taxon: Marinococcus Hao et al. 1985

Assigned by: Li WJ, Schumann P, Zhang YQ, Chen GZ, Tian XP, Xu LH, Stackebrandt E, Jiang CL. Marinococcus halotolerans sp. nov., isolated from Qinghai, north-west China. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2005; 55:1801-1804.

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