Name: Idiomarina salinarum Yoon et al. 2007

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: sa.li.na’rum. L. gen. fem. pl. n. salinarum, of salt-works

Gender: feminine

Type strain: CCUG 54359; DSM 21900; ISL-52; KCTC 12971

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: EF486355 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Yoon JH, Jung SY, Jung YT, Oh TK. Idiomarina salinarum sp. nov., isolated from a marine solar saltern in Korea. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007; 57:2503-2506.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 57, part 11 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008; 58:313-314.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Pseudidiomarina salinarum (Yoon et al. 2007) Jean et al. 2009

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Pseudidiomarina salinarum (Yoon et al. 2007) Jean et al. 2009	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    "Idiomarina salinarum" Taborda et al. 2009	homotypic synonym, not validly published

• Notes:
  • 😩 Deposit incorrectly indicated in some sources as representing the type strain of this taxon: KCTC 12871.
  • ❗ Idiomarina salinarum is the correct name instead if this species is regarded as a separate species (i.e., if its nomenclatural type is not assigned to another species whose name is validly published, legitimate and not rejected and has priority) within a separate genus Idiomarina.
  • 😷 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 7 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.
  • 🧍 Taborda et al. 2010 propose that the species classified in the genus Pseudidiomarina should be transferred to the genus Idiomarina. So, according to these authors, the name of this taxon should be Idiomarina salinarum Yoon et al. 2007. Publication: Taborda M, Antunes A, Tiago I, Verissimo A, Nobre MF, da Costa MS. Description of Idiomarina insulisalsae sp. nov., isolated from the soil of a sea salt evaporation pond, proposal to transfer the species of the genus Pseudidiomarina to the genus Idiomarina and emended description of the genus Idiomarina. Syst Appl Microbiol 2009; 32:371-378.

Parent taxon: Idiomarina Ivanova et al. 2000

Assigned by: Yoon JH, Jung SY, Jung YT, Oh TK. Idiomarina salinarum sp. nov., isolated from a marine solar saltern in Korea. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007; 57:2503-2506.

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