Name: Ornithinibacillus salinisoli Gan et al. 2018

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: sa.li.ni’so.li. N.L. masc. adj. salinus, salty; L. neut. n. solum, soil (can be noun or adjective); N.L. gen. neut. n. salinisoli, of saline soil, referring to the fact that the bacterium was isolated from saline-alkali soil

Pronunciation, gender: sa-li-NI-so-li, masculine

Type strain: CGMCC 1.15809; KCTC 33862; LCB256

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: KX008966 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Gan L, Zhang H, Long X, Tian J, Wang Z, Zhang Y, Dai Y, Tian Y. Ornithinibacillus salinisoli sp. nov., a moderately halophilic bacterium isolated from a saline-alkali soil. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2018; 68:769-775.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 68, part 3 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2018; 68:1823-1824.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name (and explicitly recommended for medical use)

• Notes:
  • 🧬 The phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is 0.03401 (N = 74).
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 2 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.
  • 🙆 This name is on the List of Recommended Names for bacteria of medical importance (LoRN) as the name to be applied to this species. The name is on LoRN because of the recorded risk group of other species in the genus.

Parent taxon: Ornithinibacillus Mayr et al. 2006

Assigned by: Gan L, Zhang H, Long X, Tian J, Wang Z, Zhang Y, Dai Y, Tian Y. Ornithinibacillus salinisoli sp. nov., a moderately halophilic bacterium isolated from a saline-alkali soil. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2018; 68:769-775.

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Record number: 797550