Name: Marinococcus hispanicus Marquez et al. 1990

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: his.pa’ni.cus. L. masc. adj. hispanicus, Spanish

Gender: masculine

Type strain: ATCC 49259; CCM 4148; CCUG 43288; CIP 104760; DSM 5352; J-82; JCM 14631

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16S rRNA gene: MT760106 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Marquez MC, Ventosa A, Ruiz-Berraquero F. Marinococcus hispanicus, a new species of moderately halophilic gram-positive cocci. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1990; 40:165-169.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Salinicoccus hispanicus (Marquez et al. 1990) Ventosa et al. 1993

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Salinicoccus hispanicus (Marquez et al. 1990) Ventosa et al. 1993	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • ❗ Marinococcus hispanicus 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 = "Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No". — 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 1 time in PubMed until 2024-03-27.

Parent taxon: Marinococcus Hao et al. 1985

Assigned by: Marquez MC, Ventosa A, Ruiz-Berraquero F. Marinococcus hispanicus, a new species of moderately halophilic gram-positive cocci. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1990; 40:165-169.

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Record number: 777710