Genus Salinisphaera
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Number of species, including synonyms, cited in this file: 7
Number of subspecies, including synonyms, cited in this file: 0
Classification (Warning: see also the file "Classification of prokaryotes: Introduction").
For a detailed description of this taxon see Bergey’s Manual of Systematics of Archaea and Bacteria (BMSAB).
Salinisphaera Antunes et al. 2003, gen. nov.
Type species: ¤ Salinisphaera shabanensis Antunes et al. 2003.
Etymology: L. adj. salinus, salted, salt; L. fem. n. sphaera, a ball, globe, sphere; N.L. fem. n. Salinisphaera, salted sphere, coccoid microorganism capable of growth at high salt.
Valid publication: Validation List no. 93. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2003, 53, 1219-1220.
Effective publication: ANTUNES (A.), EDER (W.), FARELEIRA (P.), SANTOS (H.) and HUBER (R.): Salinisphaera shabanensis gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel, moderately halophilic bacterium from the brine-seawater interface of the Shaban Deep, Red Sea. Extremophiles, 2003, 7, 29-34.
Validation List no. 93 in IJSEM Online - Effective publication Online
→ Salinisphaera Antunes et al. 2003 emend. Crespo-Medina et al. 2009.
Reference: CRESPO-MEDINA (M.), CHATZIEFTHIMIOU (A.), CRUZ-MATOS (R.), PÉREZ-RODRÍGUEZ (I.), BARKAY (T.), LUTZ (R.A.), STAROVOYTOV (V.) and VETRIANI (C.): Salinisphaera hydrothermalis sp. nov., a mesophilic, halotolerant, facultatively autotrophic, thiosulfate-oxidizing gammaproteobacterium from deep-sea hydrothermal vents, and emended description of the genus Salinisphaera. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2009, 59, 1497-1503.
Original article in IJSEM Online
→ Salinisphaera Antunes et al. 2003 emend. Shimane et al. 2013.
Reference: SHIMANE (Y.), TSURUWAKA (Y.), MIYAZAKI (M.), MORI (K.), MINEGISHI (H.), ECHIGO (A.), OHTA (Y.), MARUYAMA (T.), GRANT (W.D.) and HATADA (Y.): Salinisphaera japonica sp. nov., a moderately halophilic bacterium isolated from the surface of a deep-sea fish, Malacocottus gibber, and emended description of the genus Salinisphaera. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2013, 63, 2180-2185.
Original article in IJSEM Online
Note: In the paper by Shimane et al. 2013, "Emended description of the genus Salinisphaera Antunes et al. 2003" is erroneously cited as "Emended description of the genus Salinisphaera Crespo-Medina et al. 2009".
Salinisphaera aquimarina Tang et al. 2018, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) CCMM005=MCCC 1K03246=KCTC 52640.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: KY060012.
Etymology: L. fem. n. aqua, water, L. adj. marinus -a -um, marine, of the sea; N.L. fem. adj. aquimarina, of sea water.
Source: Environmental - marine.
Valid publication: TANG, L., ZHANG, Z., XIE, R., JIAO, N. and ZHANG, Y. 2018. Salinisphaera aquimarina sp. nov., isolated from seawater. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 68, 1130-1134.
Original article in IJSEM Online
Salinisphaera dokdonensis Bae et al. 2010, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) CL-ES53 = DSM 19549 = KCCM 90064.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: EF988634.
Etymology: N.L. fem. adj. dokdonensis, of Dokdo, a Korean island, from where the type strain was isolated.
Valid publication: BAE (G.D.), HWANG (C.Y.), KIM (H.M.) and CHO (B.C.): Salinisphaera dokdonensis sp. nov., isolated from surface seawater. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2010, 60, 680-685.
Original article in IJSEM Online
Salinisphaera halophila Zhang et al. 2012, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) YIM 95161 = CCTCC AB 2011132 = JCM 17431.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: JN020587.
Etymology: Gr. n. hals halos, salt; N.L. fem. adj. phila (from Gr. fem. adj. philê), friend, loving; N.L. fem. adj. halophila, salt-loving, referring to the ability of the type strain to grow at high NaCl concentrations.
Valid publication: ZHANG (Y.J.), TANG (S.K.), SHI (R.), KLENK (H.P.), CHEN (C.), YANG (L.L.), ZHOU (Y.) and LI (W.J.): Salinisphaera halophila sp. nov., a moderately halophilic bacterium isolated from brine of a salt well. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2012, 62, 2174-2179.
Original article in IJSEM Online
Salinisphaera hydrothermalis Crespo-Medina et al. 2009, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) EPR70 = DSM 21483 = JCM 15514.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: EU740416.
Etymology: N.L. fem. adj. hydrothermalis, hydrothermal, pertaining to a hydrothermal vent.
Valid publication: CRESPO-MEDINA (M.), CHATZIEFTHIMIOU (A.), CRUZ-MATOS (R.), PÉREZ-RODRÍGUEZ (I.), BARKAY (T.), LUTZ (R.A.), STAROVOYTOV (V.) and VETRIANI (C.): Salinisphaera hydrothermalis sp. nov., a mesophilic, halotolerant, facultatively autotrophic, thiosulfate-oxidizing gammaproteobacterium from deep-sea hydrothermal vents, and emended description of the genus Salinisphaera. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2009, 59, 1497-1503.
Original article in IJSEM Online
Salinisphaera japonica Shimane et al. 2013, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) YTM-1 = CECT 8012 = JCM 18087.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: AB735546.
Etymology: N.L. fem. adj. japonica, Japanese, pertaining to Japan, referring to the place of isolation of the type strain.
Valid publication: SHIMANE (Y.), TSURUWAKA (Y.), MIYAZAKI (M.), MORI (K.), MINEGISHI (H.), ECHIGO (A.), OHTA (Y.), MARUYAMA (T.), GRANT (W.D.) and HATADA (Y.): Salinisphaera japonica sp. nov., a moderately halophilic bacterium isolated from the surface of a deep-sea fish, Malacocottus gibber, and emended description of the genus Salinisphaera. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2013, 63, 2180-2185.
Original article in IJSEM Online
Salinisphaera orenii Park et al. 2012, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) MK-B5 = MKB5 = JCM 17073 = KCTC 23198.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: HM137558.
Etymology: N.L. masc. gen. n. orenii, of Oren, named after Aharon Oren, in recognition of his study of halophilic micro-organisms.
Valid publication: PARK (S.J.), CHA (I.T.), KIM (S.J.), SHIN (K.S.), HONG (Y.), ROH (D.H.) and RHEE (S.K.): Salinisphaera orenii sp. nov., isolated from a solar saltern. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2012, 62, 1877-1883.
Original article in IJSEM Online
Salinisphaera shabanensis Antunes et al. 2003, sp. nov. (Type species of the genus.)
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) E1L3A = DSM 14853 = JCM 11575.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: AJ421425.
Etymology: N.L. fem. adj. shabanensis, pertaining to Shaban, referring to Shaban Deep, the place of isolation.
Valid publication: Validation List no. 93. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2003, 53, 1219-1220.
Effective publication: ANTUNES (A.), EDER (W.), FARELEIRA (P.), SANTOS (H.) and HUBER (R.): Salinisphaera shabanensis gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel, moderately halophilic bacterium from the brine-seawater interface of the Shaban Deep, Red Sea. Extremophiles, 2003, 7, 29-34.
Validation List no. 93 in IJSEM Online - Effective publication Online