Name: Limibaculum halophilum Shin et al. 2017

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: ha.lo’phi.lum. Gr. masc. n. hals (gen. halos), salt; Gr. masc. adj. philos, loving; N.L. neut. adj. halophilum, salt loving referring to the requirement for salt

Gender: neuter

Type strain: CAU 1123; KCTC 52187; NBRC 112522

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16S rRNA gene: KX774334 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Shin YH, Kim JH, Suckhoom A, Kantachote D, Kim W. Limibaculum halophilum gen. nov., sp. nov., a new member of the family Rhodobacteraceae. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:3812-3818.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 67, part 10 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2018; 68:3-6.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Limibaculum Shin et al. 2017. Publication: Shin YH, Kim JH, Suckhoom A, Kantachote D, Kim W. Limibaculum halophilum gen. nov., sp. nov., a new member of the family Rhodobacteraceae. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:3812-3818.
  • 😢 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. Whether taxa can have "members" is debatable. 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 4 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.

Parent taxon: Limibaculum Shin et al. 2017

Assigned by: Shin YH, Kim JH, Suckhoom A, Kantachote D, Kim W. Limibaculum halophilum gen. nov., sp. nov., a new member of the family Rhodobacteraceae. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:3812-3818.

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Record number: 796123