Name: Salinicoccus roseus Ventosa et al. 1990

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

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

Gender: 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.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 11 times in PubMed until 2024-03-28.

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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