Name: Limimonas halophila Amoozegar et al. 2013

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: ha.lo’phi.la. Gr. masc. n. hals (gen. halos), salt; N.L. adj. philus -a -um, friend, loving; from Gr. adj. philos -ê -on, loving; N.L. fem. adj. halophila, salt-loving

Gender: feminine

Type strain: DSM 25584; Ia16; IBRC M 10018

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: JN605361 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Amoozegar MA, Makhdoumi-Kakhki A, Ramezani M, Nikou MM, Fazeli SA, Schumann P, Ventosa A. Limimonas halophila gen. nov., sp. nov., an extremely halophilic bacterium in the family Rhodospirillaceae. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:1562-1567.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 63, part 4 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:2368-2370.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Emendations:
  • Hördt et al. 2020 Hordt A, Lopez MG, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Schleuning M, Weinhold LM, Tindall BJ, Gronow S, Kyrpides NC, Woyke T, Goker M. Analysis of 1,000+ Type-Strain Genomes Substantially Improves Taxonomic Classification of Alphaproteobacteria. Front Microbiol 2020; 11:468. Oren A, Garrity GM. List of changes in taxonomic opinion no. 32. Notification of changes in taxonomic opinion previously published outside the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:4061-4090.

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Limimonas Amoozegar et al. 2013. Publication: Amoozegar MA, Makhdoumi-Kakhki A, Ramezani M, Nikou MM, Fazeli SA, Schumann P, Ventosa A. Limimonas halophila gen. nov., sp. nov., an extremely halophilic bacterium in the family Rhodospirillaceae. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:1562-1567.
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 1 time in PubMed until 2024-03-27.

Parent taxon: Limimonas Amoozegar et al. 2013

Assigned by: Amoozegar MA, Makhdoumi-Kakhki A, Ramezani M, Nikou MM, Fazeli SA, Schumann P, Ventosa A. Limimonas halophila gen. nov., sp. nov., an extremely halophilic bacterium in the family Rhodospirillaceae. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:1562-1567.

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