Name: Salinimicrobium catena (Ying et al. 2007) Lim et al. 2008

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: Salegentibacter catena Ying et al. 2007

Etymology: ca.te’na. L. fem. n. catena, chain (nominative in apposition)

Pronunciation, gender: ka-TE-na, neuter

Type strain: CGMCC 1.6101; DSM 23553; HY1; JCM 14015

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: DQ640642 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Lim JM, Jeon CO, Lee SS, Park DJ, Xu LH, Jiang CL, Kim CJ. Reclassification of Salegentibacter catena Ying et al. 2007 as Salinimicrobium catena gen. nov., comb. nov. and description of Salinimicrobium xinjiangense sp. nov., a halophilic bacterium isolated from Xinjiang province in China. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008; 58:438-442.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 58, part 2 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008; 58:1058-1059.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Salegentibacter catena Ying et al. 2007	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Emendations:
  • Nedashkovskaya et al. 2010 Nedashkovskaya OI, Vancanneyt M, Kim SB, Han J, Zhukova NV, Shevchenko LS. Salinimicrobium marinum sp. nov., a halophilic bacterium of the family Flavobacteriaceae, and emended descriptions of the genus Salinimicrobium and Salinimicrobium catena. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2010; 60:2303-2306. Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 60, part 10 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2011; 61:4-5.

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Salinimicrobium Lim et al. 2008. Publication: Lim JM, Jeon CO, Lee SS, Park DJ, Xu LH, Jiang CL, Kim CJ. Reclassification of Salegentibacter catena Ying et al. 2007 as Salinimicrobium catena gen. nov., comb. nov. and description of Salinimicrobium xinjiangense sp. nov., a halophilic bacterium isolated from Xinjiang province in China. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008; 58:438-442.
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1. — If in doubt, use the risk group given in the regulations for your country and, if these are not available, use the risk group given in the catalogue of the culture collection from which you have obtained or intend to obtain the strain.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 4 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.
  • 🧍 The genome of the type strain was sequenced as part of the GEBA (Genomic Encyclopedia of Bacteria and Archaea) project. Publication: Garcia-Lopez M, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Tindall BJ, Gronow S, Woyke T, Kyrpides NC, Hahnke RL, Goker M. Analysis of 1,000 Type-Strain Genomes Improves Taxonomic Classification of Bacteroidetes. Front Microbiol 2019; 10:2083.

Parent taxon: Salinimicrobium Lim et al. 2008

Assigned by: Lim JM, Jeon CO, Lee SS, Park DJ, Xu LH, Jiang CL, Kim CJ. Reclassification of Salegentibacter catena Ying et al. 2007 as Salinimicrobium catena gen. nov., comb. nov. and description of Salinimicrobium xinjiangense sp. nov., a halophilic bacterium isolated from Xinjiang province in China. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008; 58:438-442.

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