Name: Salinicoccus kunmingensis Chen et al. 2007

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: kun.ming.en’sis. N.L. masc. adj. kunmingensis, pertaining to Kunming, a city in south-west China, near which the sample from which the type strain was isolated was collected

Pronunciation, gender: kun-min͡g-EN-sis, masculine

Type strain: CGMCC 1.6302; DSM 17847; YIM Y15

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16S rRNA gene: DQ837380 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Chen YG, Cui XL, Pukall R, Li HM, Yang YL, Xu LH, Wen ML, Peng Q, Jiang CL. Salinicoccus kunmingensis sp. nov., a moderately halophilic bacterium isolated from a salt mine in Yunnan, south-west China. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007; 57:2327-2332.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 57, part 10 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008; 58:3-4.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Lacicoccus kunmingensis (Chen et al. 2007) Bello et al. 2024	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • 🧬 The phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is 0.01445 (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 3 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.

Parent taxon: Salinicoccus Ventosa et al. 1990

Assigned by: Chen YG, Cui XL, Pukall R, Li HM, Yang YL, Xu LH, Wen ML, Peng Q, Jiang CL. Salinicoccus kunmingensis sp. nov., a moderately halophilic bacterium isolated from a salt mine in Yunnan, south-west China. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007; 57:2327-2332.

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Record number: 786786