Species Bacillus salarius

Name: Bacillus salarius Lim et al. 2006

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: sa.la’ri.us. L. masc. adj. salarius, of or belonging to salt

Pronunciation, gender: sa-LA-ri-us, masculine

Type strain: BH 169; CIP 109218; DSM 16461; DSM 28800; KCTC 3912

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AB571873 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Lim JM, Jeon CO, Lee SM, Lee JC, Xu LH, Jiang CL, Kim CJ. Bacillus salarius sp. nov., a halophilic, spore-forming bacterium isolated from a salt lake in China. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006; 56:373-377. 🇰🇷

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 56, part 2 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006; 56:929-930.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: synonym (and not recommended for medical use)

Correct name: Salibacterium salarium (Lim et al. 2006) Gupta et al. 2020

Risk group: 1

Synonyms:

Name	Kind
Salibacterium salarium (Lim et al. 2006) Gupta et al. 2020	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

Notes:
- ❗ Bacillus salarius is the correct name instead if this species is regarded as a separate species (i.e., if its nomenclatural type is not assigned to another species whose name is validly published, legitimate and not rejected and has priority) within a separate genus Bacillus.
- 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1. — If in doubt, use the risk group given in the regulations for your country and, if these are not available, use the risk group given in the catalogue of the culture collection from which you have obtained or intend to obtain the strain.
- 🎓 Name mentioned 10 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.
- 🙅 This name is on the List of Recommended Names for bacteria of medical importance (LoRN) as a synonym of the name to be applied to this species. The name is on LoRN because of the recorded risk group of other species in the genus.

Parent taxon: Bacillus Cohn 1872 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Lim JM, Jeon CO, Lee SM, Lee JC, Xu LH, Jiang CL, Kim CJ. Bacillus salarius sp. nov., a halophilic, spore-forming bacterium isolated from a salt lake in China. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006; 56:373-377. 🇰🇷

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Species Bacillus salarius