Name: Psychroflexus salis Zhong et al. 2016

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: sa’lis. L. gen. masc. n. salis, of salt

Gender: masculine

Type strain: CGMCC 1.12925; JCM 30615; X15M-6

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: KJ782428 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Zhong ZP, Liu Y, Wang F, Zhou YG, Liu HC, Liu ZP. Psychroflexus salis sp. nov. and Psychroflexus planctonicus sp. nov., isolated from a salt lake. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2016; 66:125-131.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 66, part 1 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2016; 66:1607-1611.

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 2024-03-28.

Parent taxon: Psychroflexus Bowman et al. 1999

Assigned by: Zhong ZP, Liu Y, Wang F, Zhou YG, Liu HC, Liu ZP. Psychroflexus salis sp. nov. and Psychroflexus planctonicus sp. nov., isolated from a salt lake. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2016; 66:125-131.

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