Name: Nesterenkonia halobia (Onishi and Kamekura 1972) Stackebrandt et al. 1995

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: Micrococcus halobius Onishi and Kamekura 1972 (Approved Lists 1980)

Etymology: ha.lo’bi.a. Gr. masc. n. hals (gen. halos), salt; Gr. masc. n. bios, life; N.L. fem. adj. halobia, living on salt

Pronunciation, gender: ha-LO-bi-a, feminine

Type strain: ATCC 21727; CCM 2591; CCUG 38889; CECT 5018; CIP 81.68; DSM 20541; IFO 15353; JCM 11483; NBRC 15353; VKM B-1317

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16S rRNA gene: X80747 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Stackebrandt E, Koch C, Gvozdiak O, Schumann P. Taxonomic dissection of the genus Micrococcus: Kocuria gen. nov., Nesterenkonia gen. nov., Kytococcus gen. nov., Dermacoccus gen. nov., and Micrococcus Cohn 1872 gen. emend. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1995; 45:682-692.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 45, part 4 of the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1996; 46:364-365.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name (and explicitly recommended for medical use)

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Micrococcus halobius Onishi and Kamekura 1972 (Approved Lists 1980)	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Nesterenkonia Stackebrandt et al. 1995. Publication: Stackebrandt E, Koch C, Gvozdiak O, Schumann P. Taxonomic dissection of the genus Micrococcus: Kocuria gen. nov., Nesterenkonia gen. nov., Kytococcus gen. nov., Dermacoccus gen. nov., and Micrococcus Cohn 1872 gen. emend. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1995; 45:682-692.
  • 😷 The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "Animal classification RG: 1 - Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No - Containment level: Containment Level 1". — 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 14 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.
  • 🙆 This name is on the List of Recommended Names for bacteria of medical importance (LoRN) as the name to be applied to this species. The name is on LoRN because of the recorded pathogenicity of other species in the genus.
  • 🧍 In the paper by Stackebrandt et al. 1995, the basonym is cited as Micrococcus halobius Onishi and Kamekura 1973 (sic) (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: Onishi H, Kamekura M. Micrococcus halobius sp. n. International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology 1972; 22:233-236.
  • 🧍 See also: Publication: Hamedi J, Mohammadipanah F, Ventosa A. Systematic and biotechnological aspects of halophilic and halotolerant actinomycetes. Extremophiles 2013; 17:1-13.

Parent taxon: Nesterenkonia Stackebrandt et al. 1995

Assigned by: Stackebrandt E, Koch C, Gvozdiak O, Schumann P. Taxonomic dissection of the genus Micrococcus: Kocuria gen. nov., Nesterenkonia gen. nov., Kytococcus gen. nov., Dermacoccus gen. nov., and Micrococcus Cohn 1872 gen. emend. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1995; 45:682-692.

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