Name: Kocuria marina subsp. marina (Kim et al. 2004) Ghodhbane-Gtari et al. 2024

Category: Subspecies

Proposed as: subsp. nov.

Basonym: Kocuria marina Kim et al. 2004

Etymology: ma.ri’na. L. fem. adj. marina, of the sea

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

Type strain: CCUG 51442; DSM 16420; JCM 13363; KCTC 9943; KMM 3905

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 of its species (division into subspecies abandoned)

• Notes:
  • 🙋 This subspecies could be automatically created (rule 40d) by the valid publication of Kocuria marina subsp. indica (Dastager et al. 2014) Ghodhbane-Gtari et al. 2024 but an explicit description was also provided. 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. 🇹🇳
  • ❗ Kocuria marina subsp. marina 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 the name to be applied to this subspecies. The name is on LoRN because of the recorded pathogenicity of the species itself.

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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