Name: Marinococcus hispanicus Márquez et al. 1990

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

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

Pronunciation, gender: his-PA-ni-kus, 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 (Márquez et al. 1990) Ventosa et al. 1993

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Salinicoccus hispanicus (Márquez 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. — 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 1 time in PubMed until 2025-06-04.

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