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Domain Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family Genus Species Rarely used categories

Species "Salinicoccus kekensis"

Name: "Salinicoccus kekensis" Gao et al. 2010

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: ke.ken’sis. N.L. masc. adj. kekensis, from Keke Salt Lake in China, where the bacterium was isolated

Pronunciation, gender: ke-KEN-sis, masculine

Nomenclatural type: CGMCC 1.10337; DSM 23173; K164

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16S rRNA gene: GU363531 Analyse FASTA

Original publication: Gao M, Wang L, Chen SF, Zhou YG, Liu HC. Salinicoccus kekensis sp. nov., a novel alkaliphile and moderate halophile isolated from Keke Salt Lake in Qinghai, China. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek 2010; 98:351-357.

Nomenclatural status: not validly published

Taxonomic status: preferred name (not correct name)

Parent taxon: Salinicoccus Ventosa et al. 1990

Assigned by: Gao M, Wang L, Chen SF, Zhou YG, Liu HC. Salinicoccus kekensis sp. nov., a novel alkaliphile and moderate halophile isolated from Keke Salt Lake in Qinghai, China. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek 2010; 98:351-357.

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Record number: 789467
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