Species Salinicoccus hispanicus

Name: Salinicoccus hispanicus (Márquez et al. 1990) Ventosa et al. 1993

Category, proposed as: species, comb. nov.

Basonym: Marinococcus hispanicus Márquez et al. 1990

Etymology: his.pa’ni.cus. L. masc. adj. hispanicus, Spanish

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: sa-li-ni-KOK-kus his-PA-ni-kus, masculine

Type strain: ATCC 49259; CCM 4148; CCUG 43288; CIP 104760; DSM 5352; J-82; JCM 14631

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: MT760106 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Ventosa A, Marquez MC, Weiss N, Tindall BJ. Transfer of Marinococcus hispanicus to the genus Salinicoccus as Salinicoccus hispanicus comb. nov. Syst. Appl. Microbiol. 1992; 15:530-534. 🇪🇸

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Validation list no. 45. Validation of publication of new names and new combinations previously effectively published outside the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1993; 43:398-399.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Marinococcus hispanicus Márquez et al. 1990	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • 🧬 The phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is 0.13838 (N = 5).
  • 😷 The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No". — The risk group for Swiss Confederation has been imported on 2024-02-01. The full classification is: risk group = 1. — The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2026-08-13. 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 7 times in PubMed until 2026-06-11.

Parent taxon: Salinicoccus Ventosa et al. 1990

Assigned by: Ventosa A, Marquez MC, Weiss N, Tindall BJ. Transfer of Marinococcus hispanicus to the genus Salinicoccus as Salinicoccus hispanicus comb. nov. Syst. Appl. Microbiol. 1992; 15:530-534. 🇪🇸

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