Genus Salipiger

Classification:

Bacteria Pseudomonadati Pseudomonadota Alphaproteobacteria Rhodobacterales Roseobacteraceae Salipiger

Name: Salipiger Martínez-Cánovas et al. 2004

Category, proposed as: genus, gen. nov.

Etymology: Sa.li’pi.ger. L. masc. n. sal, salt; L. masc. adj. piger, lazy; N.L. masc. n. Salipiger, lazy halophile

Gender, pronunciation (Latin): masculine (stem: Salipigr-), sa-LI-pi-ger

Type species: Salipiger mucosus corrig. Martínez-Cánovas et al. 2004

Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Martinez-Canovas MJ, Quesada E, Martinez-Checa F, Moral AD, Bejar V. Salipiger mucescens gen. nov., sp. nov., a moderately halophilic, exopolysaccharide-producing bacterium isolated from hypersaline soil, belonging to the alpha-Proteobacteria. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004; 54:1735-1740. 🇪🇸

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 54, part 5 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2005; 55:3-5.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Synonyms:

Name	Kind
Citreicella Sorokin et al. 2006	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
Paraphaeobacter Cai et al. 2017	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
Pelagibaca Cho and Giovannoni 2006	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
Thiobacimonas Li et al. 2015	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

Emendations:
- Wirth and Whitman 2018 Wirth JS, Whitman WB. Phylogenomic analyses of a clade within the roseobacter group suggest taxonomic reassignments of species of the genera Aestuariivita, Citreicella, Loktanella, Nautella, Pelagibaca, Ruegeria, Thalassobius, Thiobacimonas and Tropicibacter, and the proposal of six novel genera. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2018; 68:2393-2411. 🇺🇸 Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 68, part 7 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2018; 68:3077-3079.
  Notes:
  - ⊕ Emendation accompanied by the proposal of 6 new species in the genus.
- Hördt et al. 2020 Hordt A, Lopez MG, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Schleuning M, Weinhold LM, Tindall BJ, Gronow S, Kyrpides NC, Woyke T, Goker M. Analysis of 1,000+ Type-Strain Genomes Substantially Improves Taxonomic Classification of Alphaproteobacteria. Front Microbiol 2020; 11:468. 🇩🇪 Oren A, Garrity GM. List of changes in taxonomic opinion no. 32. Notification of changes in taxonomic opinion previously published outside the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:4061-4090.
  Notes:
  - ⊕ Emendation accompanied by the proposal of 1 new species in the genus.
- Liang et al. 2021 Liang KYH, Orata FD, Boucher YF, Case RJ. Roseobacters in a Sea of Poly- and Paraphyly: Whole Genome-Based Taxonomy of the Family Rhodobacteraceae and the Proposal for the Split of the "Roseobacter Clade" Into a Novel Family, Roseobacteraceae fam. nov. Front Microbiol 2021; 12:683109. 🇨🇦 Oren A, Göker M. List of changes in taxonomic opinion no. 38. Notification of changes in taxonomic opinion previously published outside the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2023; 73:5923.

Notes:
- 🧕 Wirth and Whitman (2018) assigned this genus to the family Rhodobacteraceae Garrity et al. 2006. Publication: Wirth JS, Whitman WB. Phylogenomic analyses of a clade within the roseobacter group suggest taxonomic reassignments of species of the genera Aestuariivita, Citreicella, Loktanella, Nautella, Pelagibaca, Ruegeria, Thalassobius, Thiobacimonas and Tropicibacter, and the proposal of six novel genera. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2018; 68:2393-2411. 🇺🇸
- 💁 Taxonomists who have recently focused on this group are the corresponding authors of Huang et al. (2017). 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: DSM: 8; LMG: 6; KCTC: 6; JCM: 4; MCCC: 4; CGMCC: 4; CCTCC: 2; CECT: 2; H: 1; MCC: 1.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 9
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 12
Total number of child taxa: 15

Child taxa:

Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
"Salipiger abyssi" (Lin et al. 2014) Liang et al. 2021	not validly published	preferred name
Salipiger aestuarii (Park et al. 2011) Wirth and Whitman 2018	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
Salipiger bermudensis (Cho and Giovannoni 2006) Wirth and Whitman 2018	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
"Salipiger bruguierae" He et al. 2026	not validly published	preferred name
Salipiger manganoxidans (Rajasabapathy et al. 2016) Wirth and Whitman 2018	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
Salipiger mangrovisoli Du et al. 2021	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
Salipiger marinus (Lai et al. 2011) Wirth and Whitman 2018	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
Salipiger mucescens Martínez-Cánovas et al. 2004	inaccurate spelling	misspelling
Salipiger mucosus corrig. Martínez-Cánovas et al. 2004	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
Salipiger nanhaiensis Dai et al. 2015	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
Salipiger pacificus (Dai et al. 2006) Hördt et al. 2020	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
Salipiger pallidus (Cai et al. 2017) Du et al. 2021	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
Salipiger pentaromativorans Li et al. 2023	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
Salipiger profundus (Li et al. 2015) Wirth and Whitman 2018	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
Salipiger thiooxidans (Sorokin et al. 2006) Wirth and Whitman 2018	validly published under the ICNP	correct name

Parent taxon: Roseobacteraceae Liang et al. 2021

Assigned by: Liang KYH, Orata FD, Boucher YF, Case RJ. Roseobacters in a Sea of Poly- and Paraphyly: Whole Genome-Based Taxonomy of the Family Rhodobacteraceae and the Proposal for the Split of the "Roseobacter Clade" Into a Novel Family, Roseobacteraceae fam. nov. Front Microbiol 2021; 12:683109. 🇨🇦

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