Name: Salegentibacter salarius Yoon et al. 2007

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: sa.la’ri.us. L. masc. adj. salarius, of, or belonging to, salt

Gender: masculine

Type strain: CCUG 54355; DSM 23401; ISL-6; KCTC 12974

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: EF486353 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Yoon JH, Jung SY, Kang SJ, Jung YT, Oh TK. Salegentibacter salarius sp. nov., isolated from a marine solar saltern. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007; 57:2738-2742.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 57, part 12 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008; 58:531-532.

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.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 3 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.
  • 🧍 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: Yoon JH, Jung SY, Kang SJ, Jung YT, Oh TK. Salegentibacter salarius sp. nov., isolated from a marine solar saltern. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007; 57:2738-2742.

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