Name: Luminiphilus syltensis Spring et al. 2013

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: sylt.en’sis. N.L. masc./fem. adj. syltensis, of or pertaining to the Sylt island, the region of origin

Gender: masculine

Type strain: DSM 22749; Ivo14; JCM 17770; NOR5-1B

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: EU672849 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Spring S, Riedel T, Sproer C, Yan S, Harder J, Fuchs BM. Taxonomy and evolution of bacteriochlorophyll a-containing members of the OM60/NOR5 clade of marine gammaproteobacteria: description of Luminiphilus syltensis gen. nov., sp. nov., reclassification of Haliea rubra as Pseudohaliea rubra gen. nov., comb. nov., and emendation of Chromatocurvus halotolerans. BMC Microbiol 2013; 13:118.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Validation list no. 154. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:3931-3934.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Luminiphilus Spring et al. 2013. Publication: Spring S, Riedel T, Sproer C, Yan S, Harder J, Fuchs BM. Taxonomy and evolution of bacteriochlorophyll a-containing members of the OM60/NOR5 clade of marine gammaproteobacteria: description of Luminiphilus syltensis gen. nov., sp. nov., reclassification of Haliea rubra as Pseudohaliea rubra gen. nov., comb. nov., and emendation of Chromatocurvus halotolerans. BMC Microbiol 2013; 13:118.
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 5 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.

Parent taxon: Luminiphilus Spring et al. 2013

Assigned by: Spring S, Riedel T, Sproer C, Yan S, Harder J, Fuchs BM. Taxonomy and evolution of bacteriochlorophyll a-containing members of the OM60/NOR5 clade of marine gammaproteobacteria: description of Luminiphilus syltensis gen. nov., sp. nov., reclassification of Haliea rubra as Pseudohaliea rubra gen. nov., comb. nov., and emendation of Chromatocurvus halotolerans. BMC Microbiol 2013; 13:118.

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