Name: Salinibaculum salinum Zhu et al. 2025

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: sa.li’num. N.L. neut. adj. salinum, belonging or pertaining to salt works

Pronunciation, gender: sa-LI-num, neuter

Type strain: CGMCC 1.62603; JCM 36493; YCN56

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: ON303471 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Zhu LR, Mao YL, Hu Y, Sun YP, Hou J, Cui HL. Genome-based taxonomy of the family Haloarculaceae, proposal of Natronomonadaceae fam. nov., and description of four novel halophilic archaea from two saline lakes and a marine solar saltern. Syst Appl Microbiol 2025; 48:126592.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Göker M. Validation list no. 224. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2025; 75:6801.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Notes:
  • 🧬 The phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is 0.12864 (N = 14).
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 1 time in PubMed until 2025-08-12.

Parent taxon: Salinibaculum Han and Cui 2020

Assigned by: Zhu LR, Mao YL, Hu Y, Sun YP, Hou J, Cui HL. Genome-based taxonomy of the family Haloarculaceae, proposal of Natronomonadaceae fam. nov., and description of four novel halophilic archaea from two saline lakes and a marine solar saltern. Syst Appl Microbiol 2025; 48:126592.

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Record number: 62397