Name: Salinicoccus albus Chen et al. 2009

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: al’bus. L. masc. adj. albus, white, referring to the colony colour

Gender: masculine

Type strain: CCTCC AA 207024; DSM 19776; KCTC 13192; YIM Y21

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: EF177692 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Chen YG, Cui XL, Wang YX, Zhang YQ, Li QY, Liu ZX, Wen ML, Peng Q, Li WJ. Salinicoccus albus sp. nov., a halophilic bacterium from a salt mine. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009; 59:874-879.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 59, part 4 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009; 59:1557-1558.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 📧 The e-mail address of the corresponding author given in the effective publication is not functional any more.
  • 🧬 The phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is 0.06434 (N = 8).
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 1 time in PubMed until 2024-03-27.
  • 🧍 The genome of the type strain was sequenced as part of the GEBA (Genomic Encyclopedia of Bacteria and Archaea) project. Publication: Mukherjee S, Seshadri R, Varghese NJ, Eloe-Fadrosh EA, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Goker M, Coates RC, Hadjithomas M, Pavlopoulos GA, Paez-Espino D, et al. 1,003 reference genomes of bacterial and archaeal isolates expand coverage of the tree of life. Nat Biotechnol 2017; 35:676-683.

Parent taxon: Salinicoccus Ventosa et al. 1990

Assigned by: Chen YG, Cui XL, Wang YX, Zhang YQ, Li QY, Liu ZX, Wen ML, Peng Q, Li WJ. Salinicoccus albus sp. nov., a halophilic bacterium from a salt mine. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009; 59:874-879.

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