Name: Salinicoccus halitifaciens Ramana et al. 2013

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: ha.li.ti.fa’ci.ens. N.L. neut. n. halitum, halite; L. pres. part. faciens, making/producing; N.L. part. adj. halitifaciens, halite-producing, because this species is involved in the formation of halite

Gender: masculine

Type strain: DSM 25286; JC90; KCTC 13894

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: HE578181 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Ramana CV, Srinivas A, Subhash Y, Tushar L, Mukherjee T, Kiran PU, Sasikala C. Salinicoccus halitifaciens sp. nov., a novel bacterium participating in halite formation. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek 2013; 103:885-898.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Validation list no. 152. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:2365-2367.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    "Lacicoccus halitifaciens" (Ramana et al. 2013) Bello et al. 2023	homotypic synonym, not validly published

• Notes:
  • 😷 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.

Parent taxon: Salinicoccus Ventosa et al. 1990

Assigned by: Ramana CV, Srinivas A, Subhash Y, Tushar L, Mukherjee T, Kiran PU, Sasikala C. Salinicoccus halitifaciens sp. nov., a novel bacterium participating in halite formation. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek 2013; 103:885-898.

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