Name: Salibacter halophilus Lu et al. 2017

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: ha.lo’phi.lus. Gr. masc. n. hals (gen. halos), salt; N.L. adj. philus -a -um, friend, loving; from Gr. adj. philos -ê -on, loving; N.L. masc. adj. halophilus, salt-loving

Gender: masculine

Type strain: JZ3C34; KCTC 52047; MCCC 1K02288

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16S rRNA gene: KU726562 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Lu DC, Xia J, Dunlap CA, Rooney AP, Du ZJ. Salibacter halophilus gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from a saltern. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:1784-1788.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 67, part 6 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:3137-3139.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Salibacter Lu et al. 2017. Publication: Lu DC, Xia J, Dunlap CA, Rooney AP, Du ZJ. Salibacter halophilus gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from a saltern. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:1784-1788.
  • 😷 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.

Parent taxon: Salibacter Lu et al. 2017

Assigned by: Lu DC, Xia J, Dunlap CA, Rooney AP, Du ZJ. Salibacter halophilus gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from a saltern. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:1784-1788.

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Record number: 795400