Name: Enhygromyxa salina Iizuka et al. 2003

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: sa.li’na. N.L. fem. adj. salina, salted, saline

Gender: feminine

Type strain: DSM 15217; JCM 11769; SHK-1

See detailed strain information at

16S rRNA gene: AB097590 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Iizuka T, Jojima Y, Fudou R, Tokura M, Hiraishi A, Yamanaka S. Enhygromyxa salina gen. nov., sp. nov., a slightly halophilic myxobacterium isolated from the coastal areas of Japan. Syst Appl Microbiol 2003; 26:189-196.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Validation list no. 93. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2003; 53:1219-1220.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Enhygromyxa Iizuka et al. 2003. Publication: Iizuka T, Jojima Y, Fudou R, Tokura M, Hiraishi A, Yamanaka S. Enhygromyxa salina gen. nov., sp. nov., a slightly halophilic myxobacterium isolated from the coastal areas of Japan. Syst Appl Microbiol 2003; 26:189-196.
  • 😷 The risk group for Swiss Confederation has been imported on 2024-02-01. The full classification is: risk group = 1. — The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 14 times in PubMed until 2024-03-28.

Parent taxon: Enhygromyxa Iizuka et al. 2003

Assigned by: Iizuka T, Jojima Y, Fudou R, Tokura M, Hiraishi A, Yamanaka S. Enhygromyxa salina gen. nov., sp. nov., a slightly halophilic myxobacterium isolated from the coastal areas of Japan. Syst Appl Microbiol 2003; 26:189-196.

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