Name: Salegentibacter holothuriorum Nedashkovskaya et al. 2004

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: ho.lo.thu.ri.o’rum. N.L. gen. fem. pl. n. holothuriorum, of holothurians, sea cucumbers [probably better: holothuriarum]; N.L. neut. n. bacterium, isolated from holothurians

Gender: masculine

Type strain: DSM 23405; KMM 3524; LMG 21968; NBRC 100249

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AB681148 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Nedashkovskaya OI, Suzuki M, Vancanneyt M, Cleenwerck I, Zhukova NV, Vysotskii MV, Mikhailov VV, Swings J. Salegentibacter holothuriorum sp. nov., isolated from the edible holothurian Apostichopus japonicus. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004; 54:1107-1110. 🇷🇺

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 54, part 4 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004; 54:1911-1913.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 😷 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 4 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.
  • 🧍 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: Nedashkovskaya OI, Suzuki M, Vancanneyt M, Cleenwerck I, Zhukova NV, Vysotskii MV, Mikhailov VV, Swings J. Salegentibacter holothuriorum sp. nov., isolated from the edible holothurian Apostichopus japonicus. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004; 54:1107-1110. 🇷🇺

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Record number: 784847