Name: Salinibaculum Han and Cui 2020

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Sa.li.ni.ba’cu.lum. L. gen. fem. n. salinae, salterns, salt works; L. neut. n. baculum, stick; N.L. neut. n. Salinibaculum, stick organism from salt works

Gender, pronunciation (Latin): neuter (stem: Salinibacul-), sa-li-ni-BA-ku-lum

Type species: Salinibaculum litoreum Han and Cui 2020

Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Han D, Cui HL. Salinibaculum litoreum gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from salted brown alga Laminaria. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:2879-2887. 🇨🇳

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 70, part 4 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:4050-4060.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Notes:
  • 🧕 Cui et al. (2023) assigned this genus to the family Haloarculaceae Gupta et al. 2016. Publication: Cui C, Han D, Hou J, Cui HL. Genome-based classification of the class Halobacteria and description of Haladaptataceae fam. nov. and Halorubellaceae fam. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2023; 73:5984. 🇨🇳
  • 🧔 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, 28 June 2022, Alicante, Spain. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2022; 72:5584. 🇮🇱
  • 💁 Taxonomists who have recently focused on this group are the corresponding authors of Zhu et al. (2025). 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 BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: CGMCC: 4; JCM: 4.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 4
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 4
Total number of child taxa: 4

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Salinibaculum litoreum Han and Cui 2020	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Salinibaculum marinum Zhu et al. 2025	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Salinibaculum rarum Zhu et al. 2025	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Salinibaculum salinum Zhu et al. 2025	validly published under the ICNP	correct name

Parent taxon: Halobacteriaceae Gibbons 1974 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Han D, Cui HL. Salinibaculum litoreum gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from salted brown alga Laminaria. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:2879-2887. 🇨🇳

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