Genus Salinifilum
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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").
Salinifilum Moshtaghi et al. 2017, gen. nov.
Type species: ¤ Salinifilum proteinilyticum Moshtaghi et al. 2017.
Etymology: L. pl. n. salinae, salt source; L. neut. n. filum, thread; N.L. neut. n. Salinifilum, a thread from a salt source.
Valid publication: MOSHTAGHI NIKOU, M., RAMEZANI, M., HARIRCHI, S., MAKZOOM, S., AMOOZEGAR, M. A., SHAHZADEH FAZELI, S. A., SCHUMANN, P. and VENTOSA, A. 2017. Salinifilum gen. nov., with description of Salinifilum proteinilyticum sp. nov., an extremely halophilic actinomycete isolated from Meighan wetland, Iran, and reclassification of Saccharopolyspora aidingensis as Salinifilum aidingensis comb. nov. and Saccharopolyspora ghardaiensis as Salinifilum ghardaiensis comb. nov. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 67, 4221-4227.
Original article in IJSEM Online
Salinifilum aidingensis Moshtaghi et al. 2017, comb. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) TRM 46074=CCTCCAA 2012014=JCM 30185.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: JX193858.
Basonym: ¤ Saccharopolyspora aidingensis Xia et al. 2017.
Etymology: N.L. fem. adj. aidingensis, of or belonging to Aiding lake, a salt lake in China, where the type strain was isolated.
Source: Environmental - saline lake.
Valid publication: MOSHTAGHI NIKOU, M., RAMEZANI, M., HARIRCHI, S., MAKZOOM, S., AMOOZEGAR, M. A., SHAHZADEH FAZELI, S. A., SCHUMANN, P. and VENTOSA, A. 2017. Salinifilum gen. nov., with description of Salinifilum proteinilyticum sp. nov., an extremely halophilic actinomycete isolated from Meighan wetland, Iran, and reclassification of Saccharopolyspora aidingensis as Salinifilum aidingensis comb. nov. and Saccharopolyspora ghardaiensis as Salinifilum ghardaiensis comb. nov. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 67, 4221-4227.
Original article in IJSEM Online
Salinifilum ghardaiensis Moshtaghi et al. 2017, comb. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) CCUG 63370=DSM 45606=CECT 8304.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: KC427277.
Basonym: ¤ Saccharopolyspora ghardaiensis Meklat et al. 2014.
Etymology: N.L. fem. adj. ghardaiensis, pertaining to Ghardaïa, the source of the soil from which the type strain was isolated.
Source: Environmental - soil.
Valid publication: MOSHTAGHI NIKOU, M., RAMEZANI, M., HARIRCHI, S., MAKZOOM, S., AMOOZEGAR, M. A., SHAHZADEH FAZELI, S. A., SCHUMANN, P. and VENTOSA, A. 2017. Salinifilum gen. nov., with description of Salinifilum proteinilyticum sp. nov., an extremely halophilic actinomycete isolated from Meighan wetland, Iran, and reclassification of Saccharopolyspora aidingensis as Salinifilum aidingensis comb. nov. and Saccharopolyspora ghardaiensis as Salinifilum ghardaiensis comb. nov. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 67, 4221-4227.
Original article in IJSEM Online
Salinifilum proteinilyticum Moshtaghi et al. 2017, sp. nov. (Type species of the genus.)
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) Miq-12=IBRCM 11033=LMG 28390.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: KX024578.
Etymology: N.L. n. proteinum (from Gr. proteus, first), protein; Gr. adj. lytikos, dissolving; N.L. neut. adj. proteinilyticum, protein-dissolving.
Source: Environmental.
Valid publication: MOSHTAGHI NIKOU, M., RAMEZANI, M., HARIRCHI, S., MAKZOOM, S., AMOOZEGAR, M. A., SHAHZADEH FAZELI, S. A., SCHUMANN, P. and VENTOSA, A. 2017. Salinifilum gen. nov., with description of Salinifilum proteinilyticum sp. nov., an extremely halophilic actinomycete isolated from Meighan wetland, Iran, and reclassification of Saccharopolyspora aidingensis as Salinifilum aidingensis comb. nov. and Saccharopolyspora ghardaiensis as Salinifilum ghardaiensis comb. nov. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 67, 4221-4227.
Original article in IJSEM Online