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Domain Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family Genus Species Rarely used categories

Species Rheinheimera salexigens

Name: Rheinheimera salexigens Hayashi et al. 2018

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: sal.ex’i.gens. L. masc. n. sal (gen. salis), salt, seawater; L. v. exigo, to demand; N.L. fem. part. adj. salexigens, salt-demanding

Pronunciation, gender: sal-EKS-i-gens, feminine

Type strain: ATCC BAA-2715; CIP 111115; KH87

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: KP026120 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Hayashi K, Busse HJ, Golke J, Anderson J, Wan X, Hou S, Chain PSG, Prescott RD, Donachie SP. Rheinheimera salexigens sp. nov., isolated from a fishing hook, and emended description of the genus Rheinheimera. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2018; 68:35-41.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 68, part 1 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2018; 68:979-981.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Parent taxon: Rheinheimera Brettar et al. 2002

Assigned by: Hayashi K, Busse HJ, Golke J, Anderson J, Wan X, Hou S, Chain PSG, Prescott RD, Donachie SP. Rheinheimera salexigens sp. nov., isolated from a fishing hook, and emended description of the genus Rheinheimera. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2018; 68:35-41.

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Record number: 797442
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