Name: Pontimonas salivibrio Jang et al. 2013

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: sa.li.vi’bri.o. L. masc. n. sal (gen. salis), salt; N.L. masc. n. vibrio, that which vibrates, and also a genus name of bacteria possessing a curved rod shape; N.L. masc. n. salivibrio, vibrio-shaped organism from a saline environment (nominative in apposition)

Pronunciation, gender: sa-li-WI-bri-o, feminine

Type strain: CL-TW6; JCM 18206; KCCM 90105

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: JQ639087 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Jang GI, Cho Y, Cho BC. Pontimonas salivibrio gen. nov., sp. nov., a new member of the family Microbacteriaceae isolated from a seawater reservoir of a solar saltern. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:2124-2131.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 63, part 6 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:3135-3137.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Pontimonas Jang et al. 2013. Publication: Jang GI, Cho Y, Cho BC. Pontimonas salivibrio gen. nov., sp. nov., a new member of the family Microbacteriaceae isolated from a seawater reservoir of a solar saltern. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:2124-2131.
  • 😢 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. Using the term "phylogenetic data" (or equivalent) for sequence data is not advocated. 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. — 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 3 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.

Parent taxon: Pontimonas Jang et al. 2013

Assigned by: Jang GI, Cho Y, Cho BC. Pontimonas salivibrio gen. nov., sp. nov., a new member of the family Microbacteriaceae isolated from a seawater reservoir of a solar saltern. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:2124-2131.

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