Name: Chromohalobacter salexigens Arahal et al. 2001

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: sal.ex’i.gens. L. masc. n. sal, salt; L. v. exigo, to demand; N.L. part. adj. salexigens, salt-demanding

Gender: masculine

Type strain: ATCC BAA-138; CCM 4921; CECT 5384; CIP 106854; DSM 3043; NCIMB 13768

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: LC190966 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Arahal DR, Garcia MT, Vargas C, Canovas D, Nieto JJ, Ventosa A. Chromohalobacter salexigens sp. nov., a moderately halophilic species that includes Halomonas elongata DSM 3043 and ATCC 33174. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2001; 51:1457-1462.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 51, part 4 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2001; 51:1621-1623.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 🧬 The phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is 0.13931 (N = 16).
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 65 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.
  • 🧍 The genome of the type strain was sequenced as part of the DOE Joint Genome Institute DOEM 2004 Programme. Publication: Copeland A, O'Connor K, Lucas S, Lapidus A, Berry KW, Detter JC, Del Rio TG, Hammon N, Dalin E, Tice H, et al. Complete genome sequence of the halophilic and highly halotolerant Chromohalobacter salexigens type strain (1H11^T). Stand Genomic Sci 2011; 5:379-388.

Parent taxon: Chromohalobacter Ventosa et al. 1989

Assigned by: Arahal DR, Garcia MT, Vargas C, Canovas D, Nieto JJ, Ventosa A. Chromohalobacter salexigens sp. nov., a moderately halophilic species that includes Halomonas elongata DSM 3043 and ATCC 33174. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2001; 51:1457-1462.

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