Name: Salinibacillus xinjiangensis Yang et al. 2014

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: xin.jiang.en’sis. N.L. masc. adj. xinjiangensis, pertaining to Xinjiang, in north-west China

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … ksin-jian͡g-EN-sis, masculine

Type strain: 1.12331; CGMCC 1.12331; J4; JCM 18732

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: JX402080 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Yang N, Ren B, Liu ZH, Dai HQ, Wang J, Zhou YG, Song FH, Zhang LX. Salinibacillus xinjiangensis sp. nov., a halophilic bacterium from a hypersaline lake. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2014; 64:27-32. 🇨🇳

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 64, part 1 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2014; 64:1075-1076.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 🧬 The phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is 0.03866 (N = 55).
  • 😷 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 2 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.

Parent taxon: Salinibacillus Ren and Zhou 2005

Assigned by: Yang N, Ren B, Liu ZH, Dai HQ, Wang J, Zhou YG, Song FH, Zhang LX. Salinibacillus xinjiangensis sp. nov., a halophilic bacterium from a hypersaline lake. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2014; 64:27-32. 🇨🇳

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Record number: 791479