Name: Psychroflexus salarius Chun et al. 2014

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: sa.la’ri.us. L. masc. adj. salarius, of salt

Gender: masculine

Type strain: DSM 25661; KACC 17063; MIC 1008

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: JQ390292 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Chun J, Kang JY, Jahng KY. Psychroflexus salarius sp. nov., isolated from Gomso salt pan. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2014; 64:3467-3472.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 64, part 10 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2015; 65:5-6.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 😷 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 1 time in PubMed until 2024-03-27.
  • 🧍 The genome of the type strain was sequenced as part of the GEBA (Genomic Encyclopedia of Bacteria and Archaea) project. Publication: Garcia-Lopez M, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Tindall BJ, Gronow S, Woyke T, Kyrpides NC, Hahnke RL, Goker M. Analysis of 1,000 Type-Strain Genomes Improves Taxonomic Classification of Bacteroidetes. Front Microbiol 2019; 10:2083.

Parent taxon: Psychroflexus Bowman et al. 1999

Assigned by: Chun J, Kang JY, Jahng KY. Psychroflexus salarius sp. nov., isolated from Gomso salt pan. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2014; 64:3467-3472.

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