Name: Salegentibacter echinorum Xia et al. 2014

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: e.chi.no’rum. L. masc. n. echinus, sea urchin; L. gen. masc. pl. n. echinorum, of echini, sea urchins, referring to the isolation of the type strain from a sea urchin

Gender: masculine

Type strain: CICC 10466; DSM 24579; HD4; NRRL B-59666

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: JN040280 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Xia HF, Li XL, Liu QQ, Miao TT, Du ZJ, Chen GJ. Salegentibacter echinorum sp. nov., isolated from the sea urchin Hemicentrotus pulcherrimus. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek 2013; 104:315-320.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Validation list no. 159. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2014; 64:2927-2929.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 😢 The terminology used by the authors is in line with many other taxonomic studies and does not negatively affect their main results; some improvements may nevertheless be possible. Using the term "phylogenetic data" (or equivalent) for sequence data is not advocated. Whether taxa can have "members" is debatable. See the LPSN phylogeny page for details. Publication: Göker M. What can genome analysis offer for bacteria? In: Bridge P, Smith D, Stackebrandt E (eds), Trends in the systematics of bacteria and fungi, CAB International, Wallingford, 2021, p. 255-281.
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 1 time in PubMed until 2024-03-27.
  • 🧍 According to Ludwig et al. (2021), this "species affiliates away from the type species and may be reclassified as Gramella or as an independent genus". Publication: Ludwig W, Viver T, Westram R, Francisco Gago J, Bustos-Caparros E, Knittel K, Amann R, Rossello-Mora R. Release LTP_12_2020, featuring a new ARB alignment and improved 16S rRNA tree for prokaryotic type strains. Syst Appl Microbiol 2021; 44:126218.
  • 🧍 The genome of the type strain was sequenced as part of the GEBA (Genomic Encyclopedia of Bacteria and Archaea) project. Publication: Garcia-Lopez M, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Tindall BJ, Gronow S, Woyke T, Kyrpides NC, Hahnke RL, Goker M. Analysis of 1,000 Type-Strain Genomes Improves Taxonomic Classification of Bacteroidetes. Front Microbiol 2019; 10:2083.

Parent taxon: Salegentibacter McCammon and Bowman 2000

Assigned by: Xia HF, Li XL, Liu QQ, Miao TT, Du ZJ, Chen GJ. Salegentibacter echinorum sp. nov., isolated from the sea urchin Hemicentrotus pulcherrimus. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek 2013; 104:315-320.

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Record number: 792098