Name: Jeotgalicoccus halophilus Liu et al. 2011

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: ha.lo.phi’lus. Gr. masc. n. hals (gen. halos), salt; Gr. masc. adj. philos, loving; N.L. masc. adj. halophilus, salt-loving

Gender: masculine

Type strain: C1-52; CGMCC 1.8911; DSM 27396; NBRC 105788

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: FJ386517 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Liu WY, Jiang LL, Guo CJ, Yang SS. Jeotgalicoccus halophilus sp. nov., isolated from salt lakes. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2011; 61:1720-1724.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 61, part 7 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2011; 61:2331-2332.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Jeotgalicoccus aerolatus Martin et al. 2011

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Jeotgalicoccus aerolatus Martin et al. 2011	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • ⏲ According to Kaempfer et al. (2021), this species is a later heterotypic synonym of Jeotgalicoccus aerolatus Martin et al. 2011. Publication: Kampfer P, Busse HJ, Glaeser SP, Clermont D, Criscuolo A, Mietke H. Jeotgalicoccus meleagridis sp. nov. isolated from bioaerosol from emissions of a turkey fattening plant and reclassification of Jeotgalicoccus halophilus Liu et al. 2011 as a later heterotypic synonym of Jeotgalicoccus aerolatus Martin et al. 2011. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2019; 71:0.
  • 🏢 Synonymy of this taxon was mentioned in an IJSEM list. Publication: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 71, part 3 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2021; 71:4812.
  • ❗ Jeotgalicoccus halophilus is the correct name instead if this species is regarded as a separate species (i.e., if its nomenclatural type is not assigned to another species whose name is validly published, legitimate and not rejected and has priority) within a separate genus Jeotgalicoccus.
  • 🧬 The phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is 0.16535 (N = 7).
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 3 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.

Parent taxon: Jeotgalicoccus Yoon et al. 2003

Assigned by: Liu WY, Jiang LL, Guo CJ, Yang SS. Jeotgalicoccus halophilus sp. nov., isolated from salt lakes. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2011; 61:1720-1724.

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