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Genus Salegentibacter
Name: Salegentibacter McCammon and Bowman 2000
Etymology: Sal.e.gen.ti.bac’ter. L. gen. masc. n. salis, salt; L. pres. part. egens, needy; Gr. neut. dim. n. baktêrion, rod; N.L. masc. n. Salegentibacter, salt-needy rod, referring to the high level of salt requirement
Gender, pronunciation (Latin): masculine (stem: Salegentibacter-), sal-e-gen-ti-BAK-ter
Type species: Salegentibacter salegens (Dobson et al. 1993) McCammon and Bowman 2000
Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS
Valid publication:
McCammon SA, Bowman JP. Taxonomy of Antarctic Flavobacterium species: description of Flavobacterium gillisiae sp. nov., Flavobacterium tegetincola sp. nov., and Flavobacterium xanthum sp. nov., nom. rev. and reclassification of [Flavobacterium] salegens as Salegentibacter salegens gen. nov., comb. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2000; 50:1055-1063. 
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IJSEM list:
Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 50, part 3 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2000; 50:1419-1420.
Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP
Taxonomic status: correct name
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Emendations:
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Ying et al. 2007
Ying JY, Liu ZP, Wang BJ, Dai X, Yang SS, Liu SJ. Salegentibacter catena sp. nov., isolated from sediment of the South China Sea, and emended description of the genus Salegentibacter. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007; 57:219-222. 🇨🇳
Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 57, part 2 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007; 57:898-899.
Notes:- ⊕ Emendation accompanied by the proposal of 1 new species in the genus.
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Siamphan and Kim 2014
Siamphan C, Kim W. Salegentibacter chungangensis sp. nov., isolated from a sea sand and emended description of the genus Salegentibacter. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2014; 64:1514-1519. 🇰🇷
Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 64, part 5 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2014; 64:2509-2511.
Notes:- ⊕ Emendation accompanied by the proposal of 1 new species in the genus.
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Lu et al. 2022
Lu H, Gao P, Phurbu D, Wu QL, Xing P. Salegentibacter lacus sp. nov. and Salegentibacter tibetensis sp. nov., isolated from hypersaline lakes on the Tibetan Plateau. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2022; 72:5202. 🇨🇳
Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 72, part 1 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2022; 72:5292.
Notes:- ⊕ Emendation accompanied by the proposal of 2 new species in the genus.
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Ying et al. 2007
Ying JY, Liu ZP, Wang BJ, Dai X, Yang SS, Liu SJ. Salegentibacter catena sp. nov., isolated from sediment of the South China Sea, and emended description of the genus Salegentibacter. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007; 57:219-222.
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Notes:
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🚋 The type species of this genus has alternatively been placed in the genus Flavobacterium Bergey et al. 1923 (Approved Lists 1980).
Publication:
Dobson SJ, Colwell RR, McMeekin TA, Franzmann PD. Direct sequencing of the polymerase chain reaction-amplified 16S rRNA gene of Flavobacterium gondwanense sp. nov. and Flavobacterium salegens sp. nov., two new species from a hypersaline Antarctic lake. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1993; 43:77-83. 🇦🇺
- 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Salegntibacter"; "Salengentibacter"; "Saligentibacter".
- 💁 Taxonomists who have recently focused on this group are the corresponding authors of Nedashkovskaya et al. (2010), Lian et al. (2021), Yoon et al. (2008). Editors in search of reviewers are advised to consider additional criteria such as whether a taxon is covered by one of the ICSP subcommittees.
- 🧬 The phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is 0.03514 (N = 4).
- 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: KCTC: 9; DSM: 9; CCUG: 4; LMG: 4; KMM: 4; MCCC: 2; NBRC: 2; GDMCC: 2; CIP: 2; CICC: 1.
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🧍 The gender of the genus name is not provided in the paper by McCammon and Bowman 2000. According to Rule 65(2), Salegentibacter must be in the masculine gender.
Publication:
Oren A, Arahal DR, Goker M, Moore ERB, Rossello-Mora R, Sutcliffe IC. International Code of Nomenclature of Prokaryotes. Prokaryotic Code (2022 Revision). Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2023; 73:5585. 🇮🇱
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🚋 The type species of this genus has alternatively been placed in the genus Flavobacterium Bergey et al. 1923 (Approved Lists 1980).
Publication:
Dobson SJ, Colwell RR, McMeekin TA, Franzmann PD. Direct sequencing of the polymerase chain reaction-amplified 16S rRNA gene of Flavobacterium gondwanense sp. nov. and Flavobacterium salegens sp. nov., two new species from a hypersaline Antarctic lake. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1993; 43:77-83.
Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 13
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 14
Total number of child taxa: 14
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Child taxa:
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Name Nomenclatural status Taxonomic status Salegentibacter agarivorans Nedashkovskaya et al. 2006 validly published under the ICNP correct name Salegentibacter catena Ying et al. 2007 validly published under the ICNP synonym Salegentibacter chungangensis Siamphan and Kim 2014 validly published under the ICNP correct name Salegentibacter echinorum Xia et al. 2014 validly published under the ICNP correct name Salegentibacter flavus Ivanova et al. 2006 validly published under the ICNP correct name Salegentibacter holothuriorum Nedashkovskaya et al. 2004 validly published under the ICNP correct name Salegentibacter lacus Lu et al. 2022 validly published under the ICNP correct name Salegentibacter maritimus Lian et al. 2022 validly published under the ICNP correct name Salegentibacter mishustinae Nedashkovskaya et al. 2005 validly published under the ICNP correct name Salegentibacter salarius Yoon et al. 2007 validly published under the ICNP correct name Salegentibacter salegens (Dobson et al. 1993) McCammon and Bowman 2000 validly published under the ICNP correct name Salegentibacter salinarum Yoon et al. 2008 validly published under the ICNP correct name Salegentibacter sediminis Liang et al. 2018 validly published under the ICNP correct name Salegentibacter tibetensis Lu et al. 2022 validly published under the ICNP correct name
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Parent taxon: Flavobacteriaceae Reichenbach 1992
Assigned by:
Bernardet JF, Nakagawa Y, Holmes B. Proposed minimal standards for describing new taxa of the family Flavobacteriaceae and emended description of the family. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2002; 52:1049-1070. 🇫🇷
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