Name: Rothia halotolerans (Tang et al. 2009) Nouioui et al. 2018

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: Kocuria halotolerans Tang et al. 2009

Etymology: ha.lo.to’le.rans. Gr. gen. masc. n. halos, salt; L. pres. part. tolerans, tolerating, enduring; N.L. fem. part. adj. halotolerans, salt-tolerating

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … ha-lo-TO-le-rans, feminine

Type strain: CCTCC AB 206069; DSM 18442; KCTC 19172; YIM 90716

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: DQ979377 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Nouioui I, Carro L, Garcia-Lopez M, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Woyke T, Kyrpides NC, Pukall R, Klenk HP, Goodfellow M, Goker M. Genome-Based Taxonomic Classification of the Phylum Actinobacteria. Front Microbiol 2018; 9:2007. 🇩🇪

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Validation list no. 184. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2018; 68:3379-3393.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

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

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Kocuria halotolerans Tang et al. 2009	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 1 time 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 risk group of the genus.

Parent taxon: Rothia Georg and Brown 1967 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Nouioui I, Carro L, Garcia-Lopez M, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Woyke T, Kyrpides NC, Pukall R, Klenk HP, Goodfellow M, Goker M. Genome-Based Taxonomic Classification of the Phylum Actinobacteria. Front Microbiol 2018; 9:2007. 🇩🇪

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Record number: 798262