Name: Halorussus salinus Xu et al. 2017

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

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

Gender: masculine

Type strain: CGMCC 1.12571; JCM 30032; YJ-37-H

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: KC918821 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Xu JQ, Xu WM, Li Y, Zhou Y, Lu ZZ, Hou J, Zhu L, Cui HL. Halorussus salinus sp. nov., isolated from a marine solar saltern. Arch Microbiol 2016; 198:957-961.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Validation list no. 174. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:529-531.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 😢 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 phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is 0.10442 (N = 15).
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 2 times in PubMed until 2024-03-28.

Parent taxon: Halorussus Cui et al. 2014

Assigned by: Xu JQ, Xu WM, Li Y, Zhou Y, Lu ZZ, Hou J, Zhu L, Cui HL. Halorussus salinus sp. nov., isolated from a marine solar saltern. Arch Microbiol 2016; 198:957-961.

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