Name: Salsuginibacillus kocurii Carrasco et al. 2007

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: ko.cu’ri.i. N.L. gen. masc. n. kocurii, of Kocur, named for the Czech microbiologist M. Kocur, a pioneer in the study of halophilic micro-organisms

Gender: masculine

Type strain: CCM 7365; CECT 7154; CGMCC 1.6287; CH9d; DSM 18087

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AM492160 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Carrasco IJ, Marquez MC, Xue Y, Ma Y, Cowan DA, Jones BE, Grant WD, Ventosa A. Salsuginibacillus kocurii gen. nov., sp. nov., a moderately halophilic bacterium from soda-lake sediment. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007; 57:2381-2386.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 57, part 10 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008; 58:3-4.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 2

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Salsuginibacillus Carrasco et al. 2007. Publication: Carrasco IJ, Marquez MC, Xue Y, Ma Y, Cowan DA, Jones BE, Grant WD, Ventosa A. Salsuginibacillus kocurii gen. nov., sp. nov., a moderately halophilic bacterium from soda-lake sediment. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007; 57:2381-2386.
  • 😷 The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 2, note = "Animal classification RG: 2 - Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No - Containment level: Containment Level 2". — The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1. — If in doubt, use the risk group given in the regulations for your country and, if these are not available, use the risk group given in the catalogue of the culture collection from which you have obtained or intend to obtain the strain.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 2 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.
  • 🧍 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: Salsuginibacillus Carrasco et al. 2007

Assigned by: Carrasco IJ, Marquez MC, Xue Y, Ma Y, Cowan DA, Jones BE, Grant WD, Ventosa A. Salsuginibacillus kocurii gen. nov., sp. nov., a moderately halophilic bacterium from soda-lake sediment. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007; 57:2381-2386.

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