Name: Aquisalinus flavus Zhong et al. 2016

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: fla’vus. L. masc. adj. flavus, yellow, the colour of colonies or pigment that the bacterium produces

Gender: masculine

Type strain: CGMCC 1.12921; D11M-2; KCTC 42673

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: KJ782430 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Zhong ZP, Liu Y, Wang F, Zhou YG, Liu HC, Liu ZP. Aquisalinus flavus gen. nov., sp. nov., a member of the family Parvularculaceae isolated from a saline lake. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2016; 66:1813-1817.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 66, part 4 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2016; 66:2467-2468.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Aquisalinus Zhong et al. 2016. Publication: Zhong ZP, Liu Y, Wang F, Zhou YG, Liu HC, Liu ZP. Aquisalinus flavus gen. nov., sp. nov., a member of the family Parvularculaceae isolated from a saline lake. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2016; 66:1813-1817.
  • 😢 The terminology used by the authors is in line with many other taxonomic studies and does not negatively affect their main results; some improvements may nevertheless be possible. Contrasting the term "chemotaxonomic" with "phenotypic" is not recommended. Using the term "phylogenetic data" (or equivalent) for sequence data is not advocated. Whether taxa can have "members" is debatable. See the LPSN phylogeny page for details. Publication: Göker M. What can genome analysis offer for bacteria? In: Bridge P, Smith D, Stackebrandt E (eds), Trends in the systematics of bacteria and fungi, CAB International, Wallingford, 2021, p. 255-281.
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 2 times in PubMed until 2024-03-28.
  • 🧍 According to Ludwig et al. (2021), this "species affiliates within the genus Parvularcula, 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: Aquisalinus Zhong et al. 2016

Assigned by: Zhong ZP, Liu Y, Wang F, Zhou YG, Liu HC, Liu ZP. Aquisalinus flavus gen. nov., sp. nov., a member of the family Parvularculaceae isolated from a saline lake. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2016; 66:1813-1817.

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