Name: Sinococcus qinghaiensis Li et al. 2006

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: qing.hai.en’sis. N.L. masc./fem. adj. qinghaiensis, pertaining to Qinghai, a province of north-west China

Gender: masculine

Type strain: DSM 17008; KCTC 3943; YIM 70212

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: DQ168584 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Li WJ, Zhang YQ, Schumann P, Tian XP, Zhang YQ, Xu LH, Jiang CL. Sinococcus qinghaiensis gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel member of the order Bacillales from a saline soil in China. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006; 56:1189-1192.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 56, part 6 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006; 56:2029-2030.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP, illegitimate name

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Sinobaca qinghaiensis (Li et al. 2006) Li et al. 2008

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Sinobaca qinghaiensis (Li et al. 2006) Li et al. 2008	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Sinococcus Li et al. 2006. Publication: Li WJ, Zhang YQ, Schumann P, Tian XP, Zhang YQ, Xu LH, Jiang CL. Sinococcus qinghaiensis gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel member of the order Bacillales from a saline soil in China. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006; 56:1189-1192.
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 1 time in PubMed until 2024-03-28.
  • 🧍 The name Sinococcus qinghaiensis Li et al. 2006 is illegitimate because the genus name is illegitimate (see Sinococcus). Consequently, a new species designation Sinobaca qinghaiensis (Li et al. 2006) Li et al. 2008 has been proposed by Li et al. 2008. Publication: Li WJ, Zhi XY, Euzeby JP. Proposal of Yaniellaceae fam. nov., Yaniella gen. nov. and Sinobaca gen. nov. as replacements for the illegitimate prokaryotic names Yaniaceae Li et al. 2005, Yania Li et al. 2004, emend Li et al. 2005, and Sinococcus Li et al. 2006, respectively. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008; 58:525-527.

Parent taxon: Sinococcus Li et al. 2006

Assigned by: Li WJ, Zhang YQ, Schumann P, Tian XP, Zhang YQ, Xu LH, Jiang CL. Sinococcus qinghaiensis gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel member of the order Bacillales from a saline soil in China. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006; 56:1189-1192.

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