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Genus Salinifilum
Name: Salinifilum Moshtaghi Nikou et al. 2017
Etymology: Sa.li.ni.fi’lum. L. gen. fem. n. salinae, salt source; L. neut. n. filum, thread; N.L. neut. n. Salinifilum, a thread from a salt source
Gender: neuter (stem: Salinifil-)
Type species: Salinifilum proteinilyticum Moshtaghi Nikou et al. 2017
Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS
Valid publication:
Moshtaghi Nikou M, Ramezani M, Harirchi S, Makzoom S, Amoozegar MA, Shahzadeh Fazeli SA, Schumann P, Ventosa A. Salinifilum gen. nov., with description of Salinifilum proteinilyticum sp. nov., an extremely halophilic actinomycete isolated from Meighan wetland, Iran, and reclassification of Saccharopolyspora aidingensis as Salinifilum aidingensis comb. nov. and Saccharopolyspora ghardaiensis as Salinifilum ghardaiensis comb. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:4221-4227. 
IJSEM list:
Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 67, part 10 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2018; 68:3-6.
Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP
Taxonomic status: correct name
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Notes:
- 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: CCTCC: 2; DSM: 2; JCM: 2; CCUG: 2; CECT: 2; TRM: 2; IBRC: 1; LMG: 1.
Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 3
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 3
Total number of child taxa: 5
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Child taxa:
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Name Nomenclatural status Taxonomic status Salinifilum aidingense corrig. (Xia et al. 2017) Moshtaghi Nikou et al. 2017 validly published under the ICNP correct name Salinifilum aidingensis (Xia et al. 2017) Moshtaghi Nikou et al. 2017 inaccurate spelling misspelling Salinifilum ghardaiense corrig. (Meklat et al. 2014) Moshtaghi Nikou et al. 2017 validly published under the ICNP correct name Salinifilum ghardaiensis (Meklat et al. 2014) Moshtaghi Nikou et al. 2017 inaccurate spelling misspelling Salinifilum proteinilyticum Moshtaghi Nikou et al. 2017 validly published under the ICNP correct name
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Parent taxon: Pseudonocardiaceae Embley et al. 1989
Assigned by:
Teo WFA, Tan GYA, Li WJ. Taxonomic note on the family Pseudonocardiaceae based on phylogenomic analysis and descriptions of Allosaccharopolyspora gen. nov. and Halosaccharopolyspora gen. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2021; 71:5075.
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Record number: 519274
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