Name: Marinococcus luteus Wang et al. 2009

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: lu’te.us. L. masc. adj. luteus, orange, referring to the colour of the colonies of the type strain

Pronunciation, gender: LU-te-us, masculine

Type strain: CCTCC AA 208014; DSM 23126; KCTC 13214; YIM 91094

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AB769483 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Wang Y, Cao LL, Tang SK, Lou K, Mao PH, Jin X, Jiang CL, Xu LH, Li WJ. Marinococcus luteus sp. nov., a halotolerant bacterium isolated from a salt lake, and emended description of the genus Marinococcus. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009; 59:2875-2879.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 59, part 11 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2010; 60:269-270.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 🧬 The phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is 0.24693 (N = 72).
  • 😷 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 4 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.

Parent taxon: Marinococcus Hao et al. 1985

Assigned by: Wang Y, Cao LL, Tang SK, Lou K, Mao PH, Jin X, Jiang CL, Xu LH, Li WJ. Marinococcus luteus sp. nov., a halotolerant bacterium isolated from a salt lake, and emended description of the genus Marinococcus. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009; 59:2875-2879.

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Record number: 788191