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. — 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 10 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.

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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