Genus Salinispora
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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").
For a detailed description of this taxon see Bergey’s Manual of Systematics of Archaea and Bacteria (BMSAB).
Salinispora Maldonado et al. 2005, gen. nov.
Type species: ¤ Salinispora arenicola Maldonado et al. 2005.
Etymology: L. adj. salinus, saline; Gr. fem. n. spora, a seed and, in bacteriology, a spore; N.L. fem. n. salinispora, a spore-forming bacterium originating from a saline habitat, indicating the marine habitat of the organism.
Valid publication: MALDONADO (L.A.), FENICAL (W.), JENSEN (P.R.), KAUFFMAN (C.A.), MINCER (T.J.), WARD (A.C.), BULL (A.T.) and GOODFELLOW (M.): Salinispora arenicola gen. nov., sp. nov. and Salinispora tropica sp. nov., obligate marine actinomycetes belonging to the family Micromonosporaceae. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2005, 55, 1759-1766.
Original article in IJSEM Online
Salinispora arenicola Maldonado et al. 2005, sp. nov. (Type species of the genus.)
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) CNH-643 = ATCC BAA-917 = DSM 44819 = JCM 13856.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: AY040619.
Etymology: L. n. arena, sand; L. suff. -cola (from L. n. incola), inhabitant, dweller; N.L. n. arenicola, sand-dweller, indicating isolation from marine sediments.
Valid publication: MALDONADO (L.A.), FENICAL (W.), JENSEN (P.R.), KAUFFMAN (C.A.), MINCER (T.J.), WARD (A.C.), BULL (A.T.) and GOODFELLOW (M.): Salinispora arenicola gen. nov., sp. nov. and Salinispora tropica sp. nov., obligate marine actinomycetes belonging to the family Micromonosporaceae. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2005, 55, 1759-1766.
Original article in IJSEM Online
Salinispora pacifica Ahmed et al. 2014, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) CNR-114=DSM 45820=KACC 17160.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: DQ224161.
Etymology: L. fem. adj. pacifica, peaceful, of the Pacific.
Source: Environmental - marine.
Valid publication: Validation List no. 158. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int. J Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 64 (2014), 2184-2187.
Validation List Online
Effective publication: AHMED, L., JENSEN, P. R., FREEL, K. C., BROWN, R., JONES, A. L., KIM, B.-Y. and GOODFELLOW, M. 2013. Salinispora pacifica sp. nov., an actinomycete from marine sediments. Antonie van Leeuwenhoek, 103, 1069-1078.
Effective publication Online
Salinispora tropica Maldonado et al. 2005, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) CNB-440 = ATCC BAA-916 = DSM 44818 = JCM 13857.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: AY040617, CP000667 (complete genome).
Etymology: L. fem. adj. tropica, tropical, pertaining to the tropics, the source of the isolates.
Valid publication: MALDONADO (L.A.), FENICAL (W.), JENSEN (P.R.), KAUFFMAN (C.A.), MINCER (T.J.), WARD (A.C.), BULL (A.T.) and GOODFELLOW (M.): Salinispora arenicola gen. nov., sp. nov. and Salinispora tropica sp. nov., obligate marine actinomycetes belonging to the family Micromonosporaceae. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2005, 55, 1759-1766.
Original article in IJSEM Online