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.
  • 🎓 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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