Name: Salimicrobium salexigens de la Haba et al. 2011

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: sal.ex’i.gens. L. v. exigo, to demand; L. masc. n. sal, salt; N.L. neut. part. adj. salexigens, salt-demanding

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … sal-EKS-i-gens, neuter

Type strain: 29CMI; CECT 7568; DSM 22782; JCM 16414; LMG 25386

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16S rRNA gene: FR714935 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: de la Haba RR, Yilmaz P, Sanchez-Porro C, Birbir M, Ventosa A. Salimicrobium salexigens sp. nov., a moderately halophilic bacterium from salted hides. Syst Appl Microbiol 2011; 34:435-439. 🇪🇸

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Validation list no. 142. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2011; 61:2563-2565.

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 3 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.

Parent taxon: Salimicrobium Yoon et al. 2007

Assigned by: de la Haba RR, Yilmaz P, Sanchez-Porro C, Birbir M, Ventosa A. Salimicrobium salexigens sp. nov., a moderately halophilic bacterium from salted hides. Syst Appl Microbiol 2011; 34:435-439. 🇪🇸

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Record number: 789464