Name: Aidingimonas halophila Wang et al. 2009

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: ha.lo’phi.la. Gr. masc. n. hals (gen. halos), salt; N.L. fem. adj. suff. -phila, friend, loving; from Gr. fem. adj. philê, loving; N.L. fem. adj. halophila, salt-loving

Gender: feminine

Type strain: CCTCC AB 207002; DSM 19219; KCTC 12885; YIM 90637

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: FJ418176 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Wang Y, Tang SK, Lou K, Lee JC, Jeon CO, Xu LH, Kim CJ, Li WJ. Aidingimonas halophila gen. nov., sp. nov., a moderately halophilic bacterium isolated from a salt lake. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009; 59:3088-3094.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 59, part 12 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2010; 60:473-474.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Aidingimonas Wang et al. 2009. Publication: Wang Y, Tang SK, Lou K, Lee JC, Jeon CO, Xu LH, Kim CJ, Li WJ. Aidingimonas halophila gen. nov., sp. nov., a moderately halophilic bacterium isolated from a salt lake. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009; 59:3088-3094.
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 1 time in PubMed until 2024-03-27.
  • 🧍 According to Ludwig et al. (2021), this "species affiliates with Halomonas and may be reclassified". Publication: Ludwig W, Viver T, Westram R, Francisco Gago J, Bustos-Caparros E, Knittel K, Amann R, Rossello-Mora R. Release LTP_12_2020, featuring a new ARB alignment and improved 16S rRNA tree for prokaryotic type strains. Syst Appl Microbiol 2021; 44:126218.

Parent taxon: Aidingimonas Wang et al. 2009

Assigned by: Wang Y, Tang SK, Lou K, Lee JC, Jeon CO, Xu LH, Kim CJ, Li WJ. Aidingimonas halophila gen. nov., sp. nov., a moderately halophilic bacterium isolated from a salt lake. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009; 59:3088-3094.

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