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 strain: 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 under the ICNP

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 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. Contrasting the term "chemotaxonomic" with "phenotypic" is not recommended. Using the term "phylogenetic data" (or equivalent) for sequence data is not advocated. 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.
  • According to Ludwig et al. (2021), this "species affiliates away from its type species and may be reclassified as Sulfitobacter". 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.
  • The genome of the type strain was sequenced as part of the GEBA (Genomic Encyclopedia of Bacteria and Archaea) project. Publication: Hordt A, Lopez MG, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Schleuning M, Weinhold LM, Tindall BJ, Gronow S, Kyrpides NC, Woyke T, Goker 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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