Name: Salinigranum halophilum Zhao et al. 2020

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: ha.lo’phi.lum. Gr. masc. n. hals (gen. halos), salt; Gr. masc. adj. philos, loving; N.L. neut. adj. halophilum, salt-loving referring to the requirement for salt

Pronunciation, gender: ha-LO-p^hi-lum, neuter

Type strain: CGMCC 1.12860; JCM 30238; YJ-53

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16S rRNA gene: KJ689298 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Zhao YJ, Tao CQ, Zeng CL, Zhu L, Cui HL. Salinigranum halophilum sp. nov., isolated from marine solar salterns. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:1648-1655. 🇨🇳

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 70, part 3 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:3583-3587.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Notes:
  • 😢 The terminology used by the authors is in line with many other taxonomic studies and does not negatively affect their main results; some improvements may nevertheless be possible. The phrase "validly described" is misleading. Whether taxa can have "members" is debatable. See the LPSN phylogeny page for details. Publication: Göker M. What can genome analysis offer for bacteria? In: Bridge P, Smith D, Stackebrandt E (eds), Trends in the systematics of bacteria and fungi, CAB International, Wallingford, 2021, p. 255-281. 🇬🇧
  • 🧬 The phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is 0.12329 (N = 11).
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 1 time in PubMed until 2025-06-04.

Parent taxon: Salinigranum Cui and Zhang 2014

Assigned by: Zhao YJ, Tao CQ, Zeng CL, Zhu L, Cui HL. Salinigranum halophilum sp. nov., isolated from marine solar salterns. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:1648-1655. 🇨🇳

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Record number: 5886