Name: Halanaerobacter salinarius corrig. Mouné et al. 1999

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: sa.li.na’ri.us. N.L. masc. adj. salinarius, of or belonging to salt-works, referring to the source of isolation

Pronunciation, gender: sa-li-NA-ri-us, masculine

Type strain: ATCC 700559; CIP 107181; DSM 12146; SG 3903

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16S rRNA gene: Y14212 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Moune S, Manac'h N, Hirschler A, Caumette P, Willison JC, Matheron R. Haloanaerobacter salinarius sp. nov., a novel halophilic fermentative bacterium that reduces glycine-betaine to trimethylamine with hydrogen or serine as electron donors; emendation of the genus Haloanaerobacter. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1999; 49:103-112.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 49, part 1 of the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1999; 49:343-344.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Haloanaerobacter salinarius Mouné et al. 1999	other spelling of name, inaccurate spelling

• Notes:
  • 😷 The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No". — 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 0 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.

Parent taxon: Halanaerobacter corrig. Liaw and Mah 1996

Assigned by: Moune S, Manac'h N, Hirschler A, Caumette P, Willison JC, Matheron R. Haloanaerobacter salinarius sp. nov., a novel halophilic fermentative bacterium that reduces glycine-betaine to trimethylamine with hydrogen or serine as electron donors; emendation of the genus Haloanaerobacter. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1999; 49:103-112.

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Record number: 776659