Name: Caenispirillum salinarum Ritika et al. 2012

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: sa.li.na’rum. L. gen. fem. n. salinae, saltpits, saltworks; L. gen. fem. pl. n. salinarum, of saltworks, from which the type strain was isolated

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: ka͡e-ni-spi-RIL-lum sa-li-NA-rum, neuter

Type strain: AK4; JCM 17360; MTCC 10963

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: FN995238 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Ritika C, Suresh K, Kumar PA. Caenispirillum salinarum sp. nov., a member of the family Rhodospirillaceae isolated from a solar saltern. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2012; 62:1698-1702. 🇮🇳

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 62, part 7 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2012; 62:2313-2314.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Emendations:
  • 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:
  • 🧬 The phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is 0.12990 (N = 16).
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2026-08-13. 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 4 times in PubMed until 2026-06-11.
  • 🧍 The epithet salinarum is a Latin genitive plural noun, not a neo-Latin genitive plural noun as cited in the paper by Ritika et al. 2012. Publication: Euzeby JP. List of Bacterial Names with Standing in Nomenclature: a folder available on the Internet. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1997; 47:590-592. 🇫🇷

Parent taxon: Caenispirillum Yoon et al. 2007

Assigned by: Ritika C, Suresh K, Kumar PA. Caenispirillum salinarum sp. nov., a member of the family Rhodospirillaceae isolated from a solar saltern. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2012; 62:1698-1702. 🇮🇳

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