Salinicoccus

Salinicoccus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Bacteria
Kingdom: Bacillati
Phylum: Bacillota
Class: Bacilli
Order: Caryophanales
Family: Staphylococcaceae
Genus: Salinicoccus
Ventosa et al. 1990
Type species
Salinicoccus roseus
Ventosa et al. 1990
Species

See text

Synonyms
  • Lacicoccus Bello et al. 2024

Salinococcus is a genus of Gram-positive cocci belonging to the family Staphylococcaceae.

The genus name is derived from Latin salinus - saline, and Greek kokkos - a grain or berry). The genus was described in 1990 by Ventosa et al.

Description

The genomic DNA G+C content of the species in this genus lies within the range of 46–51 mol%.[citation needed]

Genome

No species in this genus has had its genome sequenced to date.[citation needed]

Clinical

Species in this genus are not known to cause disease.[citation needed]

Phylogeny

The currently accepted taxonomy is based on the List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature (LPSN) and National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI).

16S rRNA based LTP_10_2024 120 marker proteins based GTDB 09-RS220
Salinicoccus

S. albus Chen et al. 2009

S. kunmingensis Chen et al. 2007

S. qingdaonensis Qu et al. 2012

S. alkaliphilus Zhang et al. 2002

S. halitifaciens Ramana et al. 2013

S. cyprini Talwar et al. 2020

S. sesuvii Kämpfer et al. 2011

S. hispanicus (Marquez, Ventosa &
Ruiz-Berraquero 1990) Ventosa et al. 1993

S. halodurans Wang et al. 2008

S. carnicancri Jung et al. 2010

S. sediminis Kumar et al. 2015

S. iranensis Amoozegar et al. 2008

S. amylolyticus Srinivas et al. 2016

S. roseus Ventosa et al. 1990

S. luteus Zhang et al. 2007

S. salsiraiae França et al. 2007

S. jeotgali Aslam et al. 2007

S. siamensis Pakdeeto et al. 2007
Lacicoccus
Salinicoccus s.s.
Salinicoccus

"Ca. S. merdavium" Gilroy et al. 2021

S. qingdaonensis

S. alkaliphilus

S. halitifaciens

"S. kekensis" Gao et al. 2010

S. albus

S. halodurans

"Ca. S. stercoripullorum" Gilroy et al. 2021

S. carnicancri

S. sediminis

S. cyprini

S. hispanicus

S. luteus

S. roseus
Lacicoccus
Salinicoccus s.s.

Unassigned species:

References

  1. 1 2 A.C. Parte; et al. "Salinicoccus". List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature (LPSN). Retrieved 2025-02-28.
  2. 1 2 C.L. Schoch; et al. "Salinicoccus". National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) taxonomy database. Retrieved 2025-02-28.
  3. ↑ Ventosa A, Marquez, MC, Ruiz-Berraquero F and Kocur, M (1990) Salinicoccus roseus gen. nov., sp. nov., a new moderately halophilic Gram-positive coccus. Syst. Appl. Microbiol. 13, 29-33
  4. ↑ "The LTP". Retrieved 10 December 2024.
  5. ↑ "LTP_all tree in newick format". Retrieved 10 December 2024.
  6. ↑ "LTP_10_2024 Release Notes" (PDF). Retrieved 10 December 2024.
  7. ↑ "GTDB release 09-RS220". Genome Taxonomy Database. Retrieved 10 May 2024.
  8. ↑ "bac120_r220.sp_labels". Genome Taxonomy Database. Retrieved 10 May 2024.
  9. ↑ "Taxon History". Genome Taxonomy Database. Retrieved 10 May 2024.