Name: Salegentibacter catena Ying et al. 2007

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: ca.te’na. L. fem. n. catena, chain, referring to the fact that cells frequently occur in chains (nominative in apposition)

Gender: masculine

Type strain: CGMCC 1.6101; DSM 23553; HY1; JCM 14015

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: DQ640642 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Ying JY, Liu ZP, Wang BJ, Dai X, Yang SS, Liu SJ. Salegentibacter catena sp. nov., isolated from sediment of the South China Sea, and emended description of the genus Salegentibacter. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007; 57:219-222.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 57, part 2 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007; 57:898-899.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Salinimicrobium catena (Ying et al. 2007) Lim et al. 2008

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Salinimicrobium catena (Ying et al. 2007) Lim et al. 2008	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • ❗ Salegentibacter catena 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 Salegentibacter.
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 3 times in PubMed until 2024-03-28.

Parent taxon: Salegentibacter McCammon and Bowman 2000

Assigned by: Ying JY, Liu ZP, Wang BJ, Dai X, Yang SS, Liu SJ. Salegentibacter catena sp. nov., isolated from sediment of the South China Sea, and emended description of the genus Salegentibacter. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007; 57:219-222.

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