Name: Salella Deshmukh and Oren 2023

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Sa.lel’la. N.L. fem. dim. n. Salella, the little salty one; from L. masc. n. sal, salt

Gender, pronunciation (Latin): feminine (stem: Salell-), sa-LEL-la

Type species: Salella cibi (Song et al. 2023) Deshmukh and Oren 2023

Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Deshmukh UB, Oren A. Proposal of Eoetvoesiella gen. nov., Paludihabitans gen. nov., Rivihabitans gen. nov. and Salella gen. nov. as replacement names for the illegitimate prokaryotic generic names Eoetvoesia, Paludicola, Rivicola and Sala, respectively. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2023; 73:5901. 🇮🇱

IJSEM list: Oren A, Göker M. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 73, part 5 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2023; 73:5996.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Sala Song et al. 2023	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP, illegitimate name

• Notes:
  • 🚋 The type species of this genus has alternatively been placed in the genus Halosegnis Durán-Viseras et al. 2022. Publication: Gupta RS, Rudra B, Tony J, Bello S. Phylogenomic and comparative analyses on protein sequences from Halobacteria to identify taxon-specific molecular markers which demarcate different Halobacteriaceae and Haloarculaceae genera. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2025; 75:6879. 🇨🇦
  • 🚋 The type species of this genus has alternatively been placed in the genus Sala Song et al. 2023. Publication: Song HS, Kim J, Kim YB, Lee SH, Whon TW, Roh SW. Sala cibi gen. nov., sp. nov., an extremely halophilic archaeon isolated from solar salt. J Microbiol 2022; 60:899-904. 🇰🇷
  • 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Sallella".
  • 🧔 This taxon was discussed in a meeting of a Taxonomic Subcommittee of the ICSP. Publication: Oren A, Arahal DR, Ventosa A. International Committee on Systematics of Prokaryotes Subcommittee on the Taxonomy of Halobacteria and Subcommittee on the Taxonomy of Halomonadaceae: minutes of the joint open meeting, 25 November 2025, Oaxaca, Mexico. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2026; 76:7065. 🇮🇱
  • 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: JCM: 1; KACC: 1.
  • 🧍 See also Deshmukh and Oren (2023). Publication: Deshmukh UB, Oren A. Corrigendum: Proposal of Eoetvoesiella gen. nov., Paludihabitans gen. nov., Rivihabitans gen. nov., and Salella gen. nov. as replacement names for the illegitimate prokaryotic generic names Eoetvoesia, Paludicola, Rivicola, and Sala, respectively. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2023; 73:5954. 🇮🇱

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 1
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 1
Total number of child taxa: 1

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Salella cibi (Song et al. 2023) Deshmukh and Oren 2023	validly published under the ICNP	correct name

Parent taxon: Halobacteriaceae Gibbons 1974 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Deshmukh UB, Oren A. Proposal of Eoetvoesiella gen. nov., Paludihabitans gen. nov., Rivihabitans gen. nov. and Salella gen. nov. as replacement names for the illegitimate prokaryotic generic names Eoetvoesia, Paludicola, Rivicola and Sala, respectively. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2023; 73:5901. 🇮🇱

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