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Scientific classification
Domain:	Bacteria
Phylum:	Firmicutes
Class:	Bacilli
Order:	Bacillales
Family:	Staphylococcaceae
Genus:	Jeotgalicoccus Yoon et al. 2003
Species
J. aerolatus Martin et al. 2011 J. coquinae Martin et al. 2011 J. halophilus Liu et al. 2011 J. halotolerans Yoon et al. 2003 J. huakuii Guo et al. 2010 J. marinus Chen et al. 2009 J. nanhaiensis Liu et al. 2011 J. pinnipedialis Hoyles et al. 2004 J. psychrophilus Yoon et al. 2003 J. schoeneichii Glaeser et al. 2016

Jeotgalicoccus is a genus of gram-positive bacteria. The cells are coccoid which means that they look like a circle or sphere. Most of the species are facultatively anaerobic. They are halotolerant to halophilic.

Jeotgalicoccus is named after the Korean fish sauce jeotgal from whence these bacteria were first isolated.

Systematics

The genus contains following species:

Jeotgalicoccus aerolatus Martin et al. 2011
Jeotgalicoccus coquinae Martin et al. 2011
Jeotgalicoccus halophilus Liu et al. 2011
Jeotgalicoccus halotolerans Yoon et al. 2003
Jeotgalicoccus huakuii Guo et al. 2010
Jeotgalicoccus marinus Chen et al. 2009
Jeotgalicoccus nanhaiensis Liu et al. 2011
Jeotgalicoccus pinnipedialis Hoyles et al. 2004
Jeotgalicoccus psychrophilus Yoon et al. 2003

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