Name: Rhodospirillum salinarum Nissen and Dundas 1985

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: sa.li.na’rum. L. gen. fem. n. salinae, saltpits, saltworks; L. gen. fem. pl. n. salinarum, of saltworks

Gender: neuter

Type strain: ATCC 35394; DSM 9154

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16S rRNA gene: M59069 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Nissen H, Dundas ID. Rhodospirillum salinarum sp. nov., a halophilic photosynthetic bacterium isolated from a Portuguese saltern. Arch. Microbiol. 1984; 138:251-256.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Validation list no. 17. Validation of publication of new names and new combinations previously effectively published outside the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1985; 35:223-225.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Rhodovibrio salinarum (Nissen and Dundas 1985) Imhoff et al. 1998

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Rhodovibrio salinarum (Nissen and Dundas 1985) Imhoff et al. 1998	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • ❗ Rhodospirillum salinarum is the correct name instead if this species is regarded as a separate species (i.e., if its nomenclatural type is not assigned to another species whose name is validly published, legitimate and not rejected and has priority) within a separate genus Rhodospirillum.
  • 😷 The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No". — The risk group for Swiss Confederation has been imported on 2024-02-01. The full classification is: risk group = 1. — The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 10 times in PubMed until 2024-03-28.

Parent taxon: Rhodospirillum Molisch 1907 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Nissen H, Dundas ID. Rhodospirillum salinarum sp. nov., a halophilic photosynthetic bacterium isolated from a Portuguese saltern. Arch. Microbiol. 1984; 138:251-256.

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