Subspecies Kocuria marina subsp. indica

Name: Kocuria marina subsp. indica (Dastager et al. 2014) Ghodhbane-Gtari et al. 2024

Category, proposed as: subspecies, comb. nov.

Basonym: Kocuria indica Dastager et al. 2014

Etymology: in’di.ca. L. fem. adj. indica, pertaining to India, Indian (neuter indicum also as noun)

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: ko-KU-ri-a ma-RI-na IN-di-ka, feminine

Type strain: CCTCC AB 2011129; DSM 25126; NCIM 5455; NIO-1021

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: HQ858010 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Ghodhbane-Gtari F, Haj Nasr MA, Gatri R, Gtari M. Taxonomic note on Kocuria and Rothia: taxogenomic insights for addressing misidentifications and proposing new combinations and new subspecies. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2024; 74:6586. 🇹🇳

IJSEM list: Oren A, Göker M. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 74, part 11 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2025; 75:6619.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: synonym (and not recommended for medical use)

Correct name: Kocuria indica Dastager et al. 2014

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Kocuria indica Dastager et al. 2014	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP, distinct rank

• Notes:
  • ❗ Kocuria marina subsp. indica is the correct name instead if this subspecies is regarded as a separate subspecies (i.e., if its nomenclatural type is not assigned to another subspecies whose name is validly published, legitimate and not rejected and has priority) within a separate species Kocuria marina within a separate genus Kocuria.
  • 🙅 This name is on the List of Recommended Names for bacteria of medical importance (LoRN) as a synonym of the name to be applied to this subspecies. The name is on LoRN because of the recorded pathogenicity of other species in the genus.

Parent taxon: Kocuria marina Kim et al. 2004

Assigned by: Ghodhbane-Gtari F, Haj Nasr MA, Gatri R, Gtari M. Taxonomic note on Kocuria and Rothia: taxogenomic insights for addressing misidentifications and proposing new combinations and new subspecies. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2024; 74:6586. 🇹🇳

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