Name: Marinococcus tarijensis Balderrama-Subieta et al. 2013

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: ta.ri.jen’sis. N.L. masc. adj. tarijensis, of or belonging to Tarija, the city where the bacterium was isolated

Pronunciation, gender: ta-ri-JEN-sis, masculine

Type strain: CECT 8130; DSM 28023; LMG 26930; SR-1

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16S rRNA gene: JQ413413 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Balderrama-Subieta A, Guzman D, Minegishi H, Echigo A, Shimane Y, Hatada Y, Quillaguaman J. Marinococcus tarijensis sp. nov., a moderately halophilic bacterium isolated from a salt mine. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:3319-3323.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 63, part 9 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:4371-4373.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 😷 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 3 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.

Parent taxon: Marinococcus Hao et al. 1985

Assigned by: Balderrama-Subieta A, Guzman D, Minegishi H, Echigo A, Shimane Y, Hatada Y, Quillaguaman J. Marinococcus tarijensis sp. nov., a moderately halophilic bacterium isolated from a salt mine. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:3319-3323.

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Record number: 791130