Name: Salinibacterium metalliresistens Liu et al. 2024

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: me.tal.li.re.sis’tens. L. neut. n. metallum, metal; L. pres. part. resistens, resisting; N.L. neut. part. adj. metalliresistens, metal-resistant, referring to the ability of the bacterium to resist heavy metals

Pronunciation, gender: me-tal-li-re-SIS-tens, neuter

Type strain: CGMCC 1.61335; H3M29-4; JCM 36200

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: OP456335 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Liu ZS, Wang KH, Cai M, Yang ML, Wang XK, Ma HL, Yuan YH, Wu LH, Li DF, Liu SJ. Agromyces chromiiresistens sp. nov., Novosphingobium album sp. nov., Sphingobium arseniciresistens sp. nov., Sphingomonas pollutisoli sp. nov., and Salinibacterium metalliresistens sp. nov.: five new members of Microbacteriaceae and Sphingomonadaceae from polluted soil. Front Microbiol 2023; 14:1289110.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Göker M. Validation list no. 219. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2024; 74:6452.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Antiquaquibacter metalliresistens (Liu et al. 2024) Gtari et al. 2025	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 2 times in PubMed until 2025-10-14.

Parent taxon: Salinibacterium Han et al. 2003

Assigned by: Liu ZS, Wang KH, Cai M, Yang ML, Wang XK, Ma HL, Yuan YH, Wu LH, Li DF, Liu SJ. Agromyces chromiiresistens sp. nov., Novosphingobium album sp. nov., Sphingobium arseniciresistens sp. nov., Sphingomonas pollutisoli sp. nov., and Salinibacterium metalliresistens sp. nov.: five new members of Microbacteriaceae and Sphingomonadaceae from polluted soil. Front Microbiol 2023; 14:1289110.

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Record number: 53941