Genus Salicola
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Number of species, including synonyms, cited in this file: 2
Number of subspecies, including synonyms, cited in this file: 0
Classification (Warning: see also the file "Classification of prokaryotes: Introduction").
Salicola Maturrano et al. 2006, gen. nov.
Type species: ¤ Salicola marasensis Maturrano et al. 2006.
Etymology: L. n. sal salis, salt, salt water, brine; L. masc. suff. -cola (from L. n. incola), an inhabitant; N.L. masc. n. Salicola, an inhabitant of brine.
Valid publication: MATURRANO (L.), VALENS-VADELL (M.), ROSSELLÓ-MORA (R.) and ANTÓN (J.): Salicola marasensis gen. nov., sp. nov., an extremely halophilic bacterium isolated from the Maras solar salterns in Peru. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2006, 56, 1685-1691.
Original article in IJSEM Online
Salicola marasensis Maturrano et al. 2006, sp. nov. (Type species of the genus.)
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) 7Sm5 = CECT 7107 = CIP 108835.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: DQ019934.
Etymology: N.L. masc. adj. marasensis, pertaining to Maras, a region of the Peruvian Andes, where the first strains were isolated.
Valid publication: MATURRANO (L.), VALENS-VADELL (M.), ROSSELLÓ-MORA (R.) and ANTÓN (J.): Salicola marasensis gen. nov., sp. nov., an extremely halophilic bacterium isolated from the Maras solar salterns in Peru. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2006, 56, 1685-1691.
Original article in IJSEM Online
Salicola salis Kharroub et al. 2006, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) B2 = CECT 7106 = LMG 23122.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: DQ129689.
Etymology: L. gen. n. salis (poet.), of salt water, of brine.
Valid publication: KHARROUB (K.), AGUILERA (M.), QUESADA (T.), MORILLO (J.A.), RAMOS-CORMENZANA (A.), BOULHAROUF (A.) and MONTEOLIVA-SÁNCHEZ (M.): Salicola salis sp. nov., an extremely halophilic bacterium isolated from Ezzemoul sabkha in Algeria. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2006, 56, 2647-2652.
Original article in IJSEM Online