Genus Salinibacillus
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Number of species, including synonyms, cited in this file: 3
Number of subspecies, including synonyms, cited in this file: 0
Classification (Warning: see also the file "Classification of prokaryotes: Introduction").
Salinibacillus Ren and Zhou 2005, gen. nov.
Type species: ¤ Salinibacillus aidingensis Ren and Zhou 2005.
Etymology: L. adj. salinus, salted; L. masc. n. bacillus, rod; N.L. masc. n. Salinibacillus, salted rod.
Valid publication: REN (P.G.) and ZHOU (P.J.): Salinibacillus aidingensis gen. nov., sp. nov. and Salinibacillus kushneri sp. nov., moderately halophilic bacteria isolated from a neutral saline lake in Xin-Jiang, China. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2005, 55, 949-953.
Original article in IJSEM Online
Salinibacillus aidingensis Ren and Zhou 2005, sp. nov. (Type species of the genus.)
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) 25-7 = AS 1.3565 = JCM 12389.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: AY321436.
Etymology: N.L. masc. adj. aidingensis, pertaining to Ai-Ding Lake, Xin-Jiang, China, where the organism was isolated.
Valid publication: REN (P.G.) and ZHOU (P.J.): Salinibacillus aidingensis gen. nov., sp. nov. and Salinibacillus kushneri sp. nov., moderately halophilic bacteria isolated from a neutral saline lake in Xin-Jiang, China. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2005, 55, 949-953.
Original article in IJSEM Online
Note: The type strain JCM 12389 does not appear in the "JCM On-Line Catalogue of Strains".
Salinibacillus kushneri Ren and Zhou 2005, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) 8-2 = AS 1.3566 = JCM 12390.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: AY321434.
Etymology: N.L. gen. kushneri, of Kushner, in honour of Professor Donn J. Kushner, for his contribution to halophile microbiology.
Valid publication: REN (P.G.) and ZHOU (P.J.): Salinibacillus aidingensis gen. nov., sp. nov. and Salinibacillus kushneri sp. nov., moderately halophilic bacteria isolated from a neutral saline lake in Xin-Jiang, China. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2005, 55, 949-953.
Original article in IJSEM Online
Note: The type strain JCM 12390 does not appear in the "JCM On-Line Catalogue of Strains".
Salinibacillus xinjiangensis Yang et al. 2014, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) J4=CGMCC 1.12331=JCM 18732.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: JX402080.
Etymology: N.L. masc. adj. xinjiangensis pertaining to Xinjiang, in north-west China.
Source: Environmental - soil.
Reference: YANG, N., REN, B., LIU, Z.-H., DAI, H.-Q., WANG, J., ZHOU, Y.-G., SONG, F.-H. and ZHANG, L.-X. 2014. Salinibacillus xinjiangensis sp. nov., a halophilic bacterium from a hypersaline lake. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 64, 27-32.
Original article in IJSEM Online