Name: Nesterenkonia halotolerans Li et al. 2004

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: ha.lo.to’le.rans. Gr. gen. masc. n. halos, salt; L. pres. part. tolerans, tolerating; N.L. fem. part. adj. halotolerans, referring to the ability to tolerate high salt concentrations

Gender: feminine

Type strain: CCTCC AA 1022; DSM 15474; JCM 13018; YIM 70084

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AY226508 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Li WJ, Chen HH, Zhang YQ, Schumann P, Stackebrandt E, Xu LH, Jiang CL. Nesterenkonia halotolerans sp. nov. and Nesterenkonia xinjiangensis sp. nov., actinobacteria from saline soils in the west of China. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004; 54:837-841.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 54, part 3 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004; 54:1427-1428.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 🧬 The phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is 0.00020 (N = 13).
  • 😷 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 2024-03-27.
  • 🧍 See also: Publication: Hamedi J, Mohammadipanah F, Ventosa A. Systematic and biotechnological aspects of halophilic and halotolerant actinomycetes. Extremophiles 2013; 17:1-13.
  • 🧍 In the etymology provided by Li et al. 2004, the Greek noun hals (genitive halos) is erroneously cited as halos. — In the protologue, the strain CCTCC AA 001022 is cited as CCTCC AA001022. Publication: Euzeby JP. List of Bacterial Names with Standing in Nomenclature: a folder available on the Internet. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1997; 47:590-592.

Parent taxon: Nesterenkonia Stackebrandt et al. 1995

Assigned by: Li WJ, Chen HH, Zhang YQ, Schumann P, Stackebrandt E, Xu LH, Jiang CL. Nesterenkonia halotolerans sp. nov. and Nesterenkonia xinjiangensis sp. nov., actinobacteria from saline soils in the west of China. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004; 54:837-841.

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