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

Pronunciation, gender: AL-bus, 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 0.06417 (N = 9).
  • 😷 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 1 time in PubMed until 2025-06-04.
  • 🧍 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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