Name: Flaviflexus salsibiostraticola Jin et al. 2014

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: sal.si.bi.o.stra.ti’co.la. L. masc. perf. part. salsus, salted; Gr. masc. n. bios, life; L. neut. n. stratum, layer (also as adjective perfect participle); L. masc./fem. n. suff. -cola, inhabitant; from L. masc./fem. n. incola, dweller; N.L. masc./fem. n. salsibiostraticola, inhabitant of a salted biofilm

Pronunciation, gender: sal-si-bi-o-stra-TI-ko-la, masculine

Type strain: EBR4-1-2; JCM 19016; KCTC 33148

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16S rRNA gene: KC251737 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Jin L, Ko SR, Lee HG, Kim BH, Kim HS, Ahn CY, Oh HM. Flaviflexus salsibiostraticola sp. nov., an actinobacterium isolated from a biofilm reactor. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2014; 64:3293-3296.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 64, part 9 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2014; 64:3923-3925.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 🧬 The phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is 0.28230 (N = 10).
  • 😷 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.

Parent taxon: Flaviflexus Du et al. 2013

Assigned by: Jin L, Ko SR, Lee HG, Kim BH, Kim HS, Ahn CY, Oh HM. Flaviflexus salsibiostraticola sp. nov., an actinobacterium isolated from a biofilm reactor. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2014; 64:3293-3296.

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Record number: 792113