Species Orenia sivashensis

Name: Orenia sivashensis Zhilina et al. 2000

Category, proposed as: species, sp. nov.

Etymology: si.va.shen’sis. N.L. fem. adj. sivashensis, pertaining to Lake Sivash

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: o-RE-ni-a si-wa-S͡HEN-sis, feminine

Type strain: DSM 12596; Z-7191

See detailed strain information at

16S rRNA gene: AF152595 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Zhilina TN, Turova TP, Kuznetsov BB, Kostrikina NA, Lysenko AM. Orenia sivashensis sp. nov., a new moderately halophilic anaerobic bacterium from Lake Sivash lagoons. Microbiology 1999; 68:425-459. 🇷🇺

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Validation list no. 72. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2000; 50:3-4.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2026-08-13. 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 1 time in PubMed until 2026-06-11.

Parent taxon: Orenia Rainey and Stackebrandt 1995

Assigned by: Zhilina TN, Turova TP, Kuznetsov BB, Kostrikina NA, Lysenko AM. Orenia sivashensis sp. nov., a new moderately halophilic anaerobic bacterium from Lake Sivash lagoons. Microbiology 1999; 68:425-459. 🇷🇺

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