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.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
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) and National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI).
16S rRNA based LTP_10_2024 120 marker proteins based GTDB 09-RS220 Unassigned species: "S. halophilus" Birdilla Selva Donio et al. 2018 "S. marinus" Yong, Lee & Park 2003 "S. salitudinis" Chen et al. 2008
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