Name: Salinicoccus roseus Ventosa et al. 1990

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: ro’se.us. L. masc. adj. roseus, rose colored

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: sa-li-ni-KOK-kus RO-se-us, masculine

Type strain: 9; ATCC 49258; CCM 3516; CCUG 43291; CIP 104761; DSM 5351; JCM 14630

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: X94559 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Ventosa A, Marquez MC, Ruiz-Berraquero F, Kocur M. Salinicoccus roseus gen. nov., sp. nov., a new moderately halophilic gram-positive coccus. Syst. Appl. Microbiol. 1990; 13:29-33. 🇪🇸

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Validation list no. 34. Validation of publication of new names and new combinations previously effectively published outside the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1990; 40:320-321.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Salinicoccus Ventosa et al. 1990. Publication: Ventosa A, Marquez MC, Ruiz-Berraquero F, Kocur M. Salinicoccus roseus gen. nov., sp. nov., a new moderately halophilic gram-positive coccus. Syst. Appl. Microbiol. 1990; 13:29-33. 🇪🇸
  • 😷 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 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 15 times in PubMed until 2026-06-11.

Parent taxon: Salinicoccus Ventosa et al. 1990

Assigned by: Ventosa A, Marquez MC, Ruiz-Berraquero F, Kocur M. Salinicoccus roseus gen. nov., sp. nov., a new moderately halophilic gram-positive coccus. Syst. Appl. Microbiol. 1990; 13:29-33. 🇪🇸

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