Salinicoccus

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

Salinicoccus
Scientific classification
Domain:	Bacteria
Kingdom:	Bacillati
Phylum:	Bacillota
Class:	Bacilli
Order:	Staphylococcales
Family:	Salinicoccaceae
Genus:	Salinicoccus Ventosa et al. 1990[1]
Type species
Salinicoccus roseus Ventosa et al. 1990
Species[2]
See text
Synonyms
Lacicoccus Bello et al. 2024

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.^[3]

Description

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

Genome

No species in this genus has had its genome sequenced to date.

Clinical

Species in this genus are not known to cause disease.

Phylogeny

The currently accepted taxonomy is based on the List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature (LPSN)^[1] and National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI).^[2]

16S rRNA based LTP_10_2024[4][5][6]

120 marker proteins based GTDB 09-RS220[7][8][9]

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:

• "S. halophilus" Birdilla Selva Donio et al. 2018
• "S. marinus" Yong, Lee & Park 2003
• "S. salitudinis" Chen et al. 2008

See also

• List of bacterial orders
• List of bacteria genera