Name: Rothia koreensis (Park et al. 2010) Nouioui et al. 2018

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: Kocuria koreensis Park et al. 2010

Etymology: ko.re.en’sis. N.L. fem. adj. koreensis, pertaining to Korea

Gender: feminine

Type strain: DSM 23367; JCM 15915; KCTC 19595; P31

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: FJ607312 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

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Kocuria koreensis Park et al. 2010	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 2 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.

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: 798263