Name: Flexistipes sinusarabici Fiala et al. 2000

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: si.nus.a.ra.bi.ci. L. masc. n. sinus, a curve or fold in land, a gulf (also as genitive); L. masc. adj. arabicus, arabic; N.L. gen. masc. n. sinusarabici, of the Arabic gulf, of the Red Sea, describing the place of isolation

Gender: masculine

Type strain: ATCC 49648; DSM 4947; MAS 10

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: M59231 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Fiala G, Woese CR, Langworthy TA, Stetter KO. Flexistipes sinusarabici a novel genus and species of eubacteria occurring in the Atlantis II Deep brines of the Red Sea. Arch. Microbiol. 1990; 154:120-126.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Validation list no. 75. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2000; 50:1415-1417.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Flexistipes Fiala et al. 2000. Publication: Fiala G, Woese CR, Langworthy TA, Stetter KO. Flexistipes sinusarabici a novel genus and species of eubacteria occurring in the Atlantis II Deep brines of the Red Sea. Arch. Microbiol. 1990; 154:120-126.
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 5 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.
  • 🧍 The genome of the type strain was sequenced as part of the GEBA (Genomic Encyclopedia of Bacteria and Archaea) project. Publication: Lapidus A, Chertkov O, Nolan M, Lucas S, Hammon N, Deshpande S, Cheng JF, Tapia R, Han C, Goodwin L, et al. Genome sequence of the moderately thermophilic halophile Flexistipes sinusarabici strain (MAS10). Stand Genomic Sci 2011; 5:86-96.

Parent taxon: Flexistipes Fiala et al. 2000

Assigned by: Fiala G, Woese CR, Langworthy TA, Stetter KO. Flexistipes sinusarabici a novel genus and species of eubacteria occurring in the Atlantis II Deep brines of the Red Sea. Arch. Microbiol. 1990; 154:120-126.

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