Name: Francisella salimarina Li et al. 2020

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: sa.li.ma.ri’na. N.L. fem. adj. salina, salty; L. fem. adj. marina, marine; N.L. fem. adj. salimarina, referring to isolation from seawater, and also referring to the previous invalid names ‘Francisella salina’and ‘Francisella marina’

Pronunciation, gender: sa-li-ma-RI-na, feminine

Type strain: CGMCC 1.17031; NBRC 113781; SYSU SYW1

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: MN242374 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Li LH, Luo HM, Feng JH, Ming YZ, Zheng ML, Deng GY, Chen C, Li WJ, Xiao M, Qu PH. Francisella salimarina sp. nov., isolated from coastal seawater. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:3264-3272.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 70, part 5 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:4421-4424.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name (and explicitly recommended for medical use)

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    "Francisella marina" Soto et al. 2018	heterotypic synonym, not validly published
    "Francisella salina" Challacombe et al. 2017	heterotypic synonym, not validly published

• Notes:
  • ⏰ According to Li et al. (2020), this species is an earlier heterotypic synonym of "Francisella marina" Soto et al. 2018. Publication: Li LH, Luo HM, Feng JH, Ming YZ, Zheng ML, Deng GY, Chen C, Li WJ, Xiao M, Qu PH. Francisella salimarina sp. nov., isolated from coastal seawater. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 0:0.
  • ⏰ According to Li et al. (2020), this species is an earlier heterotypic synonym of "Francisella salina" Challacombe et al. 2017. Publication: Li LH, Luo HM, Feng JH, Ming YZ, Zheng ML, Deng GY, Chen C, Li WJ, Xiao M, Qu PH. Francisella salimarina sp. nov., isolated from coastal seawater. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 0:0.
  • 🧬 The phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is 0.09502 (N = 1).
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 3 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.
  • 🙆 This name is on the List of Recommended Names for bacteria of medical importance (LoRN) as the name to be applied to this species. The name is on LoRN because of the recorded risk group of other species in the genus.

Parent taxon: Francisella Dorofeev 1947 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Li LH, Luo HM, Feng JH, Ming YZ, Zheng ML, Deng GY, Chen C, Li WJ, Xiao M, Qu PH. Francisella salimarina sp. nov., isolated from coastal seawater. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:3264-3272.

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Record number: 7487