Name: Lentibacillus salicampi Yoon et al. 2002

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: sa.li.cam’pi. L. masc. n. sal (gen. salis), salt; L. masc. n. campus, field; N.L. gen. masc. n. salicampi, of a salt field

Gender: masculine

Type strain: DSM 16425; JCM 11462; KCCM 41560; SF-20

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16S rRNA gene: AY057394 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Yoon JH, Kang KH, Park YH. Lentibacillus salicampi gen. nov., sp. nov., a moderately halophilic bacterium isolated from a salt field in Korea. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2002; 52:2043-2048.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 52, part 6 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2003; 53:375-376.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Lentibacillus Yoon et al. 2002. Publication: Yoon JH, Kang KH, Park YH. Lentibacillus salicampi gen. nov., sp. nov., a moderately halophilic bacterium isolated from a salt field in Korea. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2002; 52:2043-2048.
  • 😢 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. The usage of the term "coherent taxon" (or equivalent) is cautioned against. 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 Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 8 times in PubMed until 2024-03-28.

Parent taxon: Lentibacillus Yoon et al. 2002

Assigned by: Yoon JH, Kang KH, Park YH. Lentibacillus salicampi gen. nov., sp. nov., a moderately halophilic bacterium isolated from a salt field in Korea. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2002; 52:2043-2048.

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Record number: 777475