Name: Salinicoccus luteus Zhang et al. 2007

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: lu’te.us. L. masc. adj. luteus, orange-coloured

Gender: masculine

Type strain: CGMCC 1.6511; DSM 17002; KCTC 3941; YIM 70202

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: DQ352839 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Zhang YQ, Yu LY, Liu HY, Zhang YQ, Xu LH, Li WJ. Salinicoccus luteus sp. nov., isolated from a desert soil. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007; 57:1901-1905.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 57, part 8 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007; 57:2451-2452.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 🧬 The phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is 0.20587 (N = 8).
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 2 times in PubMed until 2024-03-28.
  • 🧍 The genome of the type strain was sequenced as part of the GEBA (Genomic Encyclopedia of Bacteria and Archaea) project. Publication: Mukherjee S, Seshadri R, Varghese NJ, Eloe-Fadrosh EA, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Goker M, Coates RC, Hadjithomas M, Pavlopoulos GA, Paez-Espino D, et al. 1,003 reference genomes of bacterial and archaeal isolates expand coverage of the tree of life. Nat Biotechnol 2017; 35:676-683.

Parent taxon: Salinicoccus Ventosa et al. 1990

Assigned by: Zhang YQ, Yu LY, Liu HY, Zhang YQ, Xu LH, Li WJ. Salinicoccus luteus sp. nov., isolated from a desert soil. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007; 57:1901-1905.

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Record number: 786573