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Genus Salibacterium
Name: Salibacterium Reddy et al. 2015
Etymology: Sa.li.bac.te’ri.um. L. masc. n. sal (gen. salis), salt; N.L. neut. n. bacterium, a rod; N.L. neut. n. Salibacterium, a rod from salt
Gender, pronunciation (Latin): neuter (stem: Salibacteri-), sa-li-bak-TE-ri-um
Type species: Salibacterium halotolerans Reddy et al. 2015
Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS
Valid publication:
Vishnuvardhan Reddy S, Thirumala M, Sasikala C, Venkata Ramana C. Salibacterium halotolerans gen. nov., sp. nov., a bacterium isolated from a salt pan, reclassification of Bacillus qingdaonensis as Salibacterium qingdaonense comb. nov. and Bacillus halochares as Salibacterium halochares comb. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2015; 65:4270-4275. 
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IJSEM list:
Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 65, part 11 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2016; 66:527-529.
Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP
Taxonomic status: correct name
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Emendations:
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Gupta et al. 2020
Gupta RS, Patel S, Saini N, Chen S. Robust demarcation of 17 distinct Bacillus species clades, proposed as novel Bacillaceae genera, by phylogenomics and comparative genomic analyses: description of Robertmurraya kyonggiensis sp. nov. and proposal for an emended genus Bacillus limiting it only to the members of the Subtilis and Cereus clades of species. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:5753-5798. 🇨🇦
Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 70, part 11 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2021; 71:4645.
Notes:- ⊕ Emendation accompanied by the proposal of 2 new species in the genus.
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Gupta et al. 2020
Gupta RS, Patel S, Saini N, Chen S. Robust demarcation of 17 distinct Bacillus species clades, proposed as novel Bacillaceae genera, by phylogenomics and comparative genomic analyses: description of Robertmurraya kyonggiensis sp. nov. and proposal for an emended genus Bacillus limiting it only to the members of the Subtilis and Cereus clades of species. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:5753-5798.
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Notes:
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🧕 Chuvochina et al. (2023) assigned this genus to the family Marinococcaceae Chuvochina et al. 2024.
Publication:
Chuvochina M, Mussig AJ, Chaumeil PA, Skarshewski A, Rinke C, Parks DH, Hugenholtz P. Proposal of names for 329 higher rank taxa defined in the Genome Taxonomy Database under two prokaryotic codes. FEMS Microbiol Lett 2023; 0:0. 🇦🇺
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🧕 Li et al. (2024) assigned this genus to the family Marinococcaceae Chuvochina et al. 2024.
Publication:
Li Y, Zhang D, Bo D, Peng D, Sun M, Zheng J. A taxonomic note on the order Caryophanales: description of 12 novel families and emended description of 21 families. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2024; 74:6539. 🇨🇳
- 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: DSM: 5; KCTC: 4; CGMCC: 3; JCM: 2; MTCC: 1; BH: 1; CIP: 1; LMG: 1; MCCC: 1.
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🧕 Chuvochina et al. (2023) assigned this genus to the family Marinococcaceae Chuvochina et al. 2024.
Publication:
Chuvochina M, Mussig AJ, Chaumeil PA, Skarshewski A, Rinke C, Parks DH, Hugenholtz P. Proposal of names for 329 higher rank taxa defined in the Genome Taxonomy Database under two prokaryotic codes. FEMS Microbiol Lett 2023; 0:0.
Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 7
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 7
Total number of child taxa: 7
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Child taxa:
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Name Nomenclatural status Taxonomic status Salibacterium aidingense (Xue et al. 2008) Gupta et al. 2020 validly published under the ICNP correct name Salibacterium halochares (Pappa et al. 2010) Reddy et al. 2015 validly published under the ICNP correct name Salibacterium halotolerans Reddy et al. 2015 validly published under the ICNP correct name Salibacterium lacus Wang et al. 2018 validly published under the ICNP correct name Salibacterium nitratireducens Singh et al. 2018 validly published under the ICNP correct name Salibacterium qingdaonense (Wang et al. 2007) Reddy et al. 2015 validly published under the ICNP correct name Salibacterium salarium (Lim et al. 2006) Gupta et al. 2020 validly published under the ICNP correct name
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Parent taxon: Bacillaceae Fischer 1895 (Approved Lists 1980)
Assigned by:
Vishnuvardhan Reddy S, Thirumala M, Sasikala C, Venkata Ramana C. Salibacterium halotolerans gen. nov., sp. nov., a bacterium isolated from a salt pan, reclassification of Bacillus qingdaonensis as Salibacterium qingdaonense comb. nov. and Bacillus halochares as Salibacterium halochares comb. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2015; 65:4270-4275. 🇮🇳
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