Name: Cyclobacterium halophilum Shahinpei et al. 2014

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: ha.lo’phi.lum. Gr. masc. n. hals (gen. halos), salt (may keep -o); N.L. adj. philus -a -um, friend, loving; from Gr. adj. philos -ê -on, loving; N.L. neut. adj. halophilum, salt-loving

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … ha-LO-p^hi-lum, neuter

Type strain: CECT 8341; GASx41; IBRC M 10761

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: KF601245 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Shahinpei A, Amoozegar MA, Sepahy AA, Schumann P, Ventosa A. Cyclobacterium halophilum sp. nov., a marine bacterium isolated from a coastal-marine wetland. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2014; 64:1000-1005. 🇮🇷

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 64, part 3 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2014; 64:1827-1829.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Cyclobacterium xiamenense Chen et al. 2014

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Cyclobacterium xiamenense Chen et al. 2014	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • ⏲ According to Shahinpei et al. (2020), this species is a later heterotypic synonym of Cyclobacterium xiamenense Chen et al. 2014. Publication: Shahinpei A, Amoozegar MA, Mirfeizi L, Nikou MM, Ventosa A, Sanchez-Porro C. Taxogenomics of the Genus Cyclobacterium: Cyclobacterium xiamenense and Cyclobacterium halophilum as Synonyms and Description of Cyclobacterium plantarum sp. nov. Microorganisms 2020; 8:0. 🇪🇸
  • 🏢 Synonymy of this taxon was mentioned in an IJSEM list. Publication: Oren A, Garrity GM. List of changes in taxonomic opinion no. 33. Notification of changes in taxonomic opinion previously published outside the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2021; 71:2-3.
  • ❗ Cyclobacterium halophilum 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 Cyclobacterium.
  • 😷 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 2 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.
  • 🧍 The phylogenetic position of this species was determined in a genome-scale analysis by García-López et al. (2019). Publication: Garcia-Lopez M, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Tindall BJ, Gronow S, Woyke T, Kyrpides NC, Hahnke RL, Goker M. Analysis of 1,000 Type-Strain Genomes Improves Taxonomic Classification of Bacteroidetes. Front Microbiol 2019; 10:2083. 🇩🇪

Parent taxon: Cyclobacterium Raj and Maloy 1990

Assigned by: Shahinpei A, Amoozegar MA, Sepahy AA, Schumann P, Ventosa A. Cyclobacterium halophilum sp. nov., a marine bacterium isolated from a coastal-marine wetland. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2014; 64:1000-1005. 🇮🇷

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