Name: Salimicrobium halophilum (Ventosa et al. 1990) Yoon et al. 2007

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: Bacillus halophilus Ventosa et al. 1990

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

Gender: neuter

Type strain: ATCC 49085; CCM 4074; DSM 4771; HAMBI 2106; JCM 12305; LMG 17942; N23-2; NBRC 102426

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AB021188 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Yoon JH, Kang SJ, Oh TK. Reclassification of Marinococcus albus Hao et al. 1985 as Salimicrobium album gen. nov., comb. nov. and Bacillus halophilus Ventosa et al. 1990 as Salimicrobium halophilum comb. nov., and description of Salimicrobium luteum sp. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007; 57:2406-2411.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 57, part 10 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008; 58:3-4.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Bacillus halophilus Ventosa et al. 1990	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• 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. The usage of the term "coherent taxon" (or equivalent) is cautioned against. Using the term "phylogenetic data" (or equivalent) for sequence data is not advocated. 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 Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "Animal classification RG: 2 - Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No - Containment level: Containment Level 2". — The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 4 times in PubMed until 2024-03-28.

Parent taxon: Salimicrobium Yoon et al. 2007

Assigned by: Yoon JH, Kang SJ, Oh TK. Reclassification of Marinococcus albus Hao et al. 1985 as Salimicrobium album gen. nov., comb. nov. and Bacillus halophilus Ventosa et al. 1990 as Salimicrobium halophilum comb. nov., and description of Salimicrobium luteum sp. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007; 57:2406-2411.

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Record number: 786794