Marinococcus

J.P. Euzéby: List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature - Genus Marinococcus

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Number of species cited in this file: 5
Number of subspecies cited in this file: 0

Classification (Warning: see also the file "Classification of prokaryotes: Introduction").

Marinococcus Hao et al. 1985, gen. nov.
Type species: ¤ Marinococcus halophilus (Novitsky and Kushner 1976) Hao et al. 1985.
Etymology: L. adj. marinus, marine; N.L. masc. n. coccus (from Gr. n. kokkos), a grain or berry; N.L. masc. n. Marinococcus, marine coccus.
References: VALIDATION LIST N° 19. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1985, 35, 535. [HAO (M.V.), KOCUR (M.) and KOMAGATA (K.): Marinococcus gen. nov., a new genus for motile cocci with meso-diaminopimelic acid in the cell wall; and Marinococcus albus sp. nov. and Marinococcus halophilus (Novitsky and Kushner) comb. nov. J. Gen. Appl. Microbiol., 1984, 30, 449-459.]
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---> Marinococcus Hao et al. 1985 emend. Wang et al. 2009.
Type species: ¤ Marinococcus halophilus (Novitsky and Kushner 1976) Hao et al. 1985.
Etymology: L. adj. marinus, marine; N.L. masc. n. coccus (from Gr. n. kokkos), a grain or berry; N.L. masc. n. Marinococcus, marine coccus.
Reference: WANG (Y.), CAO (L.L.), TANG (S.K.), LOU (K.), MAO (P.H.), JIN (X.), JIANG (C.L.), XU (L.H.) and LI (W.J.): Marinococcus luteus sp. nov., a halotolerant bacterium isolated from a salt lake, and emended description of the genus Marinococcus. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2009, 59, 2875-2879.
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Marinococcus albus Hao et al. 1985, sp. nov.
Type strain (see also StrainInfo.net): strain HK 733 = ATCC 49811 = CCM 3517 = CIP 104820 = DSM 20748 = IAM 12845 = JCM 2574 = LMG 17430 = NBRC 102360 = VKM Ac-1949.
GenBank/EMBL/DDBJ accession number for the 16S rRNA gene sequence of the type strain: X90834.
Etymology: L. masc. adj. albus, white.
References: VALIDATION LIST N° 19. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1985, 35, 535. [HAO (M.V.), KOCUR (M.) and KOMAGATA (K.): Marinococcus gen. nov., a new genus for motile cocci with meso-diaminopimelic acid in the cell wall; and Marinococcus albus sp. nov. and Marinococcus halophilus (Novitsky and Kushner) comb. nov. J. Gen. Appl. Microbiol., 1984, 30, 449-459.]
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---> ¤ Salimicrobium album (Hao et al. 1985) Yoon et al. 2007, comb. nov.

Marinococcus halophilus (Novitsky and Kushner 1976) Hao et al. 1985, comb. nov. (Type species of the genus).
Type strain (see also StrainInfo.net): strain ATCC 27964 = HK 718 = ATCC 27964 = CCM 2706 = CIP 104819 = DSM 20408 = IAM 12844 = JCM 2479 = LMG 17439 = NBRC 102359 = VKM Ac-1985.
GenBank/EMBL/DDBJ accession number for the 16S rRNA gene sequence of the type strain: X90835.
Basonym: ¤ Planococcus halophilus Novitsky and Kushner 1976 (Approved Lists 1980).
Etymology: Gr. n. hals halos, salt; N.L. adj. philus -a -um (from Gr. adj. philos -ê -on), friend, loving; N.L. masc. adj. halophilus, salt-loving.
References: VALIDATION LIST N° 19. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1985, 35, 535. [HAO (M.V.), KOCUR (M.) and KOMAGATA (K.): Marinococcus gen. nov., a new genus for motile cocci with meso-diaminopimelic acid in the cell wall; and Marinococcus albus sp. nov. and Marinococcus halophilus (Novitsky and Kushner) comb. nov. J. Gen. Appl. Microbiol., 1984, 30, 449-459.]
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Marinococcus halotolerans Li et al. 2005, sp. nov.
Type strain (see also StrainInfo.net): strain YIM 70157 = DSM 16375 = KCTC 19045.
GenBank/EMBL/DDBJ accession number for the 16S rRNA gene sequence of the type strain: AY817493.
Etymology: Gr. n. hals halos, salt; L. part. adj. tolerans, tolerating; N.L. part. adj. halotolerans, salt-tolerating, referring to the ability of the organism to tolerate high salt concentrations.
Reference: LI (W.J.), SCHUMANN (P.), ZHANG (Y.Q.), CHEN (G.Z.), TIAN (X.P.), XU (L.H.), STACKEBRANDT (E.) and JIANG (C.L.): Marinococcus halotolerans sp. nov., isolated from Qinghai, north-west China. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2005, 55, 1801-1804.
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Marinococcus hispanicus Marquez et al. 1990, sp. nov.
Type strain (see also StrainInfo.net): strain J-82 = ATCC 49259 = CCM 4148 = CCUG 43288 = CIP 104760 = DSM 5352.
GenBank/EMBL/DDBJ accession number for the 16S rRNA gene sequence of the type strain: AY028927.
Etymology: L. masc. adj. hispanicus, Spanish.
Reference: MARQUEZ (M.C.), VENTOSA (A.) and RUIZ-BERRAQUERO (F.): Marinococcus hispanicus, a new species of moderately halophilic gram-positive cocci. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1990, 40, 165-169.
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---> ¤ Salinicoccus hispanicus (Marquez et al. 1990) Ventosa et al. 1993, comb. nov.

Marinococcus luteus Wang et al. 2009, sp. nov.
Type strain (see also StrainInfo.net): strain YIM 91094 = CCTCC AA 208014 = KCTC 13214.
GenBank/EMBL/DDBJ accession number for the 16S rRNA gene sequence of the type strain: FJ214659.
Etymology: L. masc. adj. luteus, orange, referring to the colour of the colonies of the type strain.
Reference: WANG (Y.), CAO (L.L.), TANG (S.K.), LOU (K.), MAO (P.H.), JIN (X.), JIANG (C.L.), XU (L.H.) and LI (W.J.): Marinococcus luteus sp. nov., a halotolerant bacterium isolated from a salt lake, and emended description of the genus Marinococcus. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2009, 59, 2875-2879.
Original article in IJSEM Online