Name: Salinibacterium hongtaonis Li et al. 2019

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: hong.tao’nis. N.L. gen. masc. n. hongtaonis, of Professor Tao Hong, a renowned microbiologist in China

Gender: neuter

Type strain: 194; CGMCC 1.16371; DSM 106171

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: MH299814 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Li J, Lu S, Jin D, Yang J, Lai XH, Zhang G, Tian Z, Zhu W, Pu J, Wu X, et al. Salinibacterium hongtaonis sp. nov., isolated from faeces of Tibetan antelope (Pantholops hodgsonii) on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2019; 69:1093-1098.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 69, part 4 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2019; 69:1847-1849.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Notes:
  • 🧬 The phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is -0.00939 (N = 16).
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 3 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.
  • 🧍 According to Ludwig et al. (2021), this "species affiliates away from the type species, and should be reclassified as Homoserinimonas". Publication: Ludwig W, Viver T, Westram R, Francisco Gago J, Bustos-Caparros E, Knittel K, Amann R, Rossello-Mora R. Release LTP_12_2020, featuring a new ARB alignment and improved 16S rRNA tree for prokaryotic type strains. Syst Appl Microbiol 2021; 44:126218.

Parent taxon: Salinibacterium Han et al. 2003

Assigned by: Li J, Lu S, Jin D, Yang J, Lai XH, Zhang G, Tian Z, Zhu W, Pu J, Wu X, et al. Salinibacterium hongtaonis sp. nov., isolated from faeces of Tibetan antelope (Pantholops hodgsonii) on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2019; 69:1093-1098.

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Record number: 800694