Name: Croceibacterium salegens (Liang et al. 2017) Xu et al. 2020

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: Altererythrobacter salegens Liang et al. 2017

Etymology: sal’e.gens. L. masc. n. sal (gen. salis), salt; L. pres. part. egens, needy; N.L. neut. part. adj. salegens, salt-needy

Pronunciation, gender: SAL-e-gens, neuter

Type strain: KCTC 52267; MCCC 1K01500; XY-R17

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: KT886062 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Xu L, Sun C, Fang C, Oren A, Xu XW. Genomic-based taxonomic classification of the family Erythrobacteraceae. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:4470-4495.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 70, part 8 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:5602-5608.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Altererythrobacter salegens Liang et al. 2017	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • 🧬 The phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is -0.03142 (N = 6).
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 0 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.

Parent taxon: Croceibacterium Liu et al. 2019

Assigned by: Xu L, Sun C, Fang C, Oren A, Xu XW. Genomic-based taxonomic classification of the family Erythrobacteraceae. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:4470-4495.

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Record number: 12972