Name: Saccharospirillum salsuginis Chen et al. 2009

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: sal.su’gi.nis. L. gen. fem. n. salsuginis, of/from brine

Gender: neuter

Type strain: CCTCC AA 207033; DSM 19800; KCTC 22169; YIM Y25

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: EF177670 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Chen YG, Cui XL, Li QY, Wang YX, Tang SK, Liu ZX, Wen ML, Peng Q, Xu LH. Saccharospirillum salsuginis sp. nov., a gammaproteobacterium from a subterranean brine. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009; 59:1382-1386.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 59, part 6 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009; 59:2131-2132.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

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  • 🎓 Name mentioned 5 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.

Parent taxon: Saccharospirillum Labrenz et al. 2003

Assigned by: Chen YG, Cui XL, Li QY, Wang YX, Tang SK, Liu ZX, Wen ML, Peng Q, Xu LH. Saccharospirillum salsuginis sp. nov., a gammaproteobacterium from a subterranean brine. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009; 59:1382-1386.

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Record number: 787952