Name: Salinibacterium amurskyense Han et al. 2003

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: a.murs.ky.en’se. N.L. neut. adj. amurskyense, referring to Amursky Bay, the geographical location where the organism was first isolated

Pronunciation, gender: a-murs-ky-EN-se, neuter

Type strain: DSM 16400; JCM 12362; KCTC 9931; KMM 3673; NBRC 100448

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AF539697 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Han SK, Nedashkovskaya OI, Mikhailov VV, Kim SB, Bae KS. Salinibacterium amurskyense gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel genus of the family Microbacteriaceae from the marine environment. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2003; 53:2061-2066.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 53, part 6 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004; 54:309-311.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Salinibacterium Han et al. 2003. Publication: Han SK, Nedashkovskaya OI, Mikhailov VV, Kim SB, Bae KS. Salinibacterium amurskyense gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel genus of the family Microbacteriaceae from the marine environment. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2003; 53:2061-2066.
  • 😷 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 5 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.
  • 🧍 The genome of the type strain was sequenced as part of the GEBA (Genomic Encyclopedia of Bacteria and Archaea) project. Publication: Nouioui I, Carro L, Garcia-Lopez M, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Woyke T, Kyrpides NC, Pukall R, Klenk HP, Goodfellow M, Goker M. Genome-Based Taxonomic Classification of the Phylum Actinobacteria. Front Microbiol 2018; 9:2007.

Parent taxon: Salinibacterium Han et al. 2003

Assigned by: Han SK, Nedashkovskaya OI, Mikhailov VV, Kim SB, Bae KS. Salinibacterium amurskyense gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel genus of the family Microbacteriaceae from the marine environment. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2003; 53:2061-2066.

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