Name: Salinihabitans flavidus Yoon et al. 2009

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: fla’vi.dus L. masc. adj. flavidus, pale yellow

Gender: masculine

Type strains: CCUG 56758; DSM 27842; ISL-46; KCTC 22485

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: FJ265707 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Yoon JH, Kang SJ, Lee SY, Oh TK. Salinihabitans flavidus gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from a marine solar saltern. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009; 59:2561-2564.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 59, part 10 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2010; 60:3-4.

Nomenclatural status: validly published

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • Nomenclatural type of the genus Salinihabitans Yoon et al. 2009. Publication: Yoon JH, Kang SJ, Lee SY, Oh TK. Salinihabitans flavidus gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from a marine solar saltern. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009; 59:2561-2564.
  • The genome of the type strain was sequenced as part of the GEBA (Genomic Encyclopedia of Bacteria and Archaea) project. Publication: Hördt A, García-López M, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Schleuning M, Weinhold LM, Tindall BJ, Gronow S, Kyrpides NC, Woyke T, Göker M. Analysis of 1,000+ Type-Strain Genomes Substantially Improves Taxonomic Classification of Alphaproteobacteria. Front. Microbiol. 2020; 11:468.

Parent taxon: Salinihabitans Yoon et al. 2009

Assigned by: Yoon JH, Kang SJ, Lee SY, Oh TK. Salinihabitans flavidus gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from a marine solar saltern. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009; 59:2561-2564.

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