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Genus Salinithrix
Name: Salinithrix Zarparvar et al. 2014
Etymology: Sa.li.ni’thrix. N.L. fem. adj. salina, a saltern; Gr. fem. n. thrix, a hair; N.L. fem. n. Salinithrix, a saltern hair
Gender, pronunciation (Latin): feminine (stem: Salinitrich-), sa-li-NI-thriks
Type species: Salinithrix halophila Zarparvar et al. 2014
Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS
Valid publication:
Zarparvar P, Amoozegar MA, Nikou MM, Schumann P, Ventosa A. Salinithrix halophila gen. nov., sp. nov., a halophilic bacterium in the family Thermoactinomycetaceae. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2014; 64:4115-4119. 
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IJSEM list:
Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 64, part 12 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2015; 65:739-740.
Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP
Taxonomic status: correct name
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
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Child taxa:
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Name Nomenclatural status Taxonomic status Salinithrix halophila Zarparvar et al. 2014 validly published under the ICNP correct name
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Parent taxon: Thermoactinomycetaceae Matsuo et al. 2006
Assigned by:
Zarparvar P, Amoozegar MA, Nikou MM, Schumann P, Ventosa A. Salinithrix halophila gen. nov., sp. nov., a halophilic bacterium in the family Thermoactinomycetaceae. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2014; 64:4115-4119. 🇮🇷
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Record number: 518641
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