Name: Fodinibius salinus Wang et al. 2012

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: sa.li’nus. N.L. masc. adj. salinus, of or belonging to salt

Pronunciation, gender: sa-LI-nus, masculine

Type strain: ACCC 10716; DSM 21935; YIM D17

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: HM153810 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Wang YX, Liu JH, Xiao W, Zhang XX, Li YQ, Lai YH, Ji KY, Wen ML, Cui XL. Fodinibius salinus gen. nov., sp. nov., a moderately halophilic bacterium isolated from a salt mine. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2012; 62:390-396. 🇨🇳

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 62, part 2 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2012; 62:1020.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Fodinibius Wang et al. 2012. Publication: Wang YX, Liu JH, Xiao W, Zhang XX, Li YQ, Lai YH, Ji KY, Wen ML, Cui XL. Fodinibius salinus gen. nov., sp. nov., a moderately halophilic bacterium isolated from a salt mine. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2012; 62:390-396. 🇨🇳
  • 📧 The e-mail address of the corresponding author given in the effective publication is not functional any more.
  • 😢 The terminology used by the authors is in line with many other taxonomic studies and does not negatively affect their main results; some improvements may nevertheless be possible. Contrasting the term "chemotaxonomic" with "phenotypic" is not recommended. Using the term "phylogenetic data" (or equivalent) for sequence data is not advocated. See the LPSN phylogeny page for details. Publication: Göker M. What can genome analysis offer for bacteria? In: Bridge P, Smith D, Stackebrandt E (eds), Trends in the systematics of bacteria and fungi, CAB International, Wallingford, 2021, p. 255-281. 🇬🇧
  • 😷 The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "Animal classification RG: 2 - Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No - Containment level: Containment Level 2". — 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 4 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.
  • 🧍 According to Ludwig et al. (2021), this "species and genus affiliates within the genus Aliifodinibius and this latter may be reclassified as Fodinibius". Publication: Ludwig W, Viver T, Westram R, Francisco Gago J, Bustos-Caparros E, Knittel K, Amann R, Rossello-Mora R. Release LTP_12_2020, featuring a new ARB alignment and improved 16S rRNA tree for prokaryotic type strains. Syst Appl Microbiol 2021; 44:126218. 🇪🇸
  • 🧍 The genome of the type strain was sequenced as part of the GEBA (Genomic Encyclopedia of Bacteria and Archaea) project. 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: Fodinibius Wang et al. 2012

Assigned by: Wang YX, Liu JH, Xiao W, Zhang XX, Li YQ, Lai YH, Ji KY, Wen ML, Cui XL. Fodinibius salinus gen. nov., sp. nov., a moderately halophilic bacterium isolated from a salt mine. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2012; 62:390-396. 🇨🇳

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