Genus Saliphagus
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Number of species, including synonyms, cited in this file: 1
Number of subspecies, including synonyms, cited in this file: 0
Classification (Warning: see also the file "Classification of prokaryotes: Introduction").
Saliphagus Yin et al. 2017, gen. nov.
Type species: ¤ Saliphagus infecundisoli Yin et al. 2017.
Etymology: L. neut. n. sal, salt; N.L. masc. adj. phagus (from Gr. masc. adj. phagos), glutton; N.L. masc. n. Saliphagus, salt (requiring) and glutton.
Valid publication: YIN, X. Q., LIU, B. B., CHU, X., SALAM, N., LI, X., YANG, Z. W., ZHANG, Y., XIAO, M. and LI, W. J. 2017. Saliphagus infecundisoli gen. nov., sp. nov., an extremely halophilic archaeon isolated from a saline soil. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 67, 4154-4160.
Original article in IJSEM Online
Saliphagus infecundisoli Yin et al. 2017, sp. nov. (Type species of the genus.)
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) YIM 93745=KCTC 4228=CGMCC 1.15824.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: KY419833.
Etymology: L. adj. infecundus, barren; L. neut. n. solum, soil; N.L. gen. n. infecundisoli, of barren soil.
Source: Environmental - soil.
Valid publication: YIN, X. Q., LIU, B. B., CHU, X., SALAM, N., LI, X., YANG, Z. W., ZHANG, Y., XIAO, M. and LI, W. J. 2017. Saliphagus infecundisoli gen. nov., sp. nov., an extremely halophilic archaeon isolated from a saline soil. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 67, 4154-4160.
Original article in IJSEM Online