Genus Modicisalibacter
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Number of species, including synonyms, cited in this file: 1
Number of subspecies, including synonyms, cited in this file: 0
Classification (Warning: see also the file "Classification of prokaryotes: Introduction").
Modicisalibacter Ben Ali Gam et al. 2007, gen. nov.
Type species: ¤ Modicisalibacter tunisiensis Ben Ali Gam et al. 2007.
Etymology: L. adj. modicus, moderate, limited; L. n. sal salis, salt; N.L. masc. n. bacter, a rod; N.L. masc. n. Modicisalibacter, a moderately halophilic rod.
Valid publication: BEN ALI GAM (Z.), ABDELKAFI (S.), CASALOT (L.), THOLOZAN (J.L.), OUESLATI (R.) and LABAT (M.): Modicisalibacter tunisiensis gen. nov., sp. nov., an aerobic, moderately halophilic bacterium isolated from an oilfield-water injection sample, and emended description of the family Halomonadaceae Franzmann et al. 1989 emend Dobson and Franzmann 1996 emend. Ntougias et al. 2007. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2007, 57, 2307-2313.
Original article in IJSEM Online
Modicisalibacter tunisiensis Ben Ali Gam et al. 2007, sp. nov. (Type species of the genus.)
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) LIT2 = CCUG 52917 = CIP 109206.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: DQ641495.
Etymology: N.L. masc. adj. tunisiensis, of Tunisia, where the first strains were isolated.
Valid publication: BEN ALI GAM (Z.), ABDELKAFI (S.), CASALOT (L.), THOLOZAN (J.L.), OUESLATI (R.) and LABAT (M.): Modicisalibacter tunisiensis gen. nov., sp. nov., an aerobic, moderately halophilic bacterium isolated from an oilfield-water injection sample, and emended description of the family Halomonadaceae Franzmann et al. 1989 emend Dobson and Franzmann 1996 emend. Ntougias et al. 2007. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2007, 57, 2307-2313.
Original article in IJSEM Online