Name: Citreimonas salinaria Choi and Cho 2006

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: sa.li.na’ri.a. N.L. fem. adj. salinaria, of or belonging to a salt-works

Gender: feminine

Type strain: CL-SP20; DSM 26880; JCM 13036; KCCM 42116

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AY962295 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Choi DH, Cho BC. Citreimonas salinaria gen. nov., sp. nov., a member of the Roseobacter clade isolated from a solar saltern. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006; 56:2799-2803.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 56, part 12 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007; 57:435-436.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Citreimonas Choi and Cho 2006. Publication: Choi DH, Cho BC. Citreimonas salinaria gen. nov., sp. nov., a member of the Roseobacter clade isolated from a solar saltern. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006; 56:2799-2803.
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 1 time in PubMed until 2024-03-28.
  • 🧍 The genome of the type strain was sequenced as part of the GEBA (Genomic Encyclopedia of Bacteria and Archaea) project. Publication: 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.

Parent taxon: Citreimonas Choi and Cho 2006

Assigned by: Choi DH, Cho BC. Citreimonas salinaria gen. nov., sp. nov., a member of the Roseobacter clade isolated from a solar saltern. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006; 56:2799-2803.

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