Name: Salinicoccus alkaliphilus Zhang et al. 2002

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: al.ka.li’phi.lus. N.L. neut. n. alkali, alkali (indeclinable); N.L. adj. philus -a -um, friend, loving; from Gr. adj. philos -ê -on, loving; N.L. masc. adj. alkaliphilus, liking alkaline media

Gender: masculine

Type strain: CGMCC 1.2691; DSM 16010; JCM 11311; T8

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AF275710 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Zhang W, Xue Y, Ma Y, Zhou P, Ventosa A, Grant WD. Salinicoccus alkaliphilus sp. nov., a novel alkaliphile and moderate halophile from Baer Soda Lake in Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, China. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2002; 52:789-793.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 52, part 3 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2002; 52:1077-1079.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Lacicoccus alkaliphilus (Zhang et al. 2002) Bello et al. 2024	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • 🧬 The phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is 0.03583 (N = 7).
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 5 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.

Parent taxon: Salinicoccus Ventosa et al. 1990

Assigned by: Zhang W, Xue Y, Ma Y, Zhou P, Ventosa A, Grant WD. Salinicoccus alkaliphilus sp. nov., a novel alkaliphile and moderate halophile from Baer Soda Lake in Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, China. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2002; 52:789-793.

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Record number: 780725