Name: Chromohalobacter salarius Aguilera et al. 2007

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: sa.la’ri.us. L. masc. adj. salarius, of or belonging to salt, because this micro-organism was isolated from brine samples

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … sa-LA-ri-us, masculine

Type strain: CECT 5903; CG4.1; DSM 14325; LMG 23626

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AJ427626 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Aguilera M, Cabrera A, Incerti C, Fuentes S, Russell NJ, Ramos-Cormenzana A, Monteoliva-Sanchez M. Chromohalobacter salarius sp. nov., a moderately halophilic bacterium isolated from a solar saltern in Cabo de Gata, Almeria, southern Spain. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007; 57:1238-1242. 🇪🇸

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 57, part 6 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007; 57:1935-1936.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

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

Correct name: Salinicola halophilus de la Haba et al. 2010

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Salinicola halophilus de la Haba et al. 2010	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • 😢 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. 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. 🇬🇧
  • ❗ Chromohalobacter 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 Chromohalobacter.
  • 😷 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 3 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 pathogenicity of other species in the genus.

Parent taxon: Chromohalobacter Ventosa et al. 1989

Assigned by: Aguilera M, Cabrera A, Incerti C, Fuentes S, Russell NJ, Ramos-Cormenzana A, Monteoliva-Sanchez M. Chromohalobacter salarius sp. nov., a moderately halophilic bacterium isolated from a solar saltern in Cabo de Gata, Almeria, southern Spain. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007; 57:1238-1242. 🇪🇸

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Record number: 786389