Genus Salsuginibacillus
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Number of species, including synonyms, cited in this file: 2
Number of subspecies, including synonyms, cited in this file: 0
Classification (Warning: see also the file "Classification of prokaryotes: Introduction").
Salsuginibacillus Carrasco et al. 2007, gen. nov.
Type species: ¤ Salsuginibacillus kocurii Carrasco et al. 2007.
Etymology: L. n. salsugo -inis, salted water; L. masc. n. bacillus, rod; N.L. masc. n. Salsuginibacillus, a rod living in salted water.
Valid publication: CARRASCO (I.J.), MÁRQUEZ (M.C.), XUE (Y.), MA (Y.), COWAN (D.A.), JONES (B.E.), GRANT (W.D.) and VENTOSA (A.): Salsuginibacillus kocurii gen. nov., sp. nov., a moderately halophilic bacterium from soda-lake sediment. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2007, 57, 2381-2386.
Original article in IJSEM Online
Salsuginibacillus halophilus Cao et al. 2010, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) halo-1 = CGMCC 1.7653 = NBRC 104934.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: EU581835.
Etymology: Gr. n. hals halos, salt; N.L. adj. philus -a -um (from Gr. adj. philos -ê -on), friend, loving; N.L. masc. adj. halophilus, salt-loving.
Valid publication: CAO (S.J.), QU (J.H.), YUAN (H.L.) and LI (B.Z.): Salsuginibacillus halophilus sp. nov., a halophilic bacterium isolated from a soda lake. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2010, 60, 1339-1343.
Original article in IJSEM Online
Salsuginibacillus kocurii Carrasco et al. 2007, sp. nov. (Type species of the genus.)
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) CH9d = CCM 7365 = CECT 7154 = CGMCC 1.6287 = DSM 18087.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: AM492160.
Etymology: N.L. gen. n. kocurii, of Kocur, named for the Czech microbiologist M. Kocur, a pioneer in the study of halophilic micro-organisms.
Valid publication: CARRASCO (I.J.), MÁRQUEZ (M.C.), XUE (Y.), MA (Y.), COWAN (D.A.), JONES (B.E.), GRANT (W.D.) and VENTOSA (A.): Salsuginibacillus kocurii gen. nov., sp. nov., a moderately halophilic bacterium from soda-lake sediment. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2007, 57, 2381-2386.
Original article in IJSEM Online