Name: Salinimicrobium terrae Chen et al. 2008

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: ter’rae. L. gen. fem. n. terrae, of the soil

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: sa-li-ni-mi-KRO-bi-um TER-ra͡e, neuter

Type strain: CGMCC 1.6308; DSM 17865; YIM C338

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: EU135614 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Chen YG, Cui XL, Zhang YQ, Li WJ, Wang YX, Kim CJ, Lim JM, Xu LH, Jiang CL. Salinimicrobium terrae sp. nov., isolated from saline soil, and emended description of the genus Salinimicrobium. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008; 58:2501-2504. 🇨🇳

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 58, part 11 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009; 59:205-206.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Emendations:
  • Hahnke et al. 2016 Hahnke RL, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Garcia-Lopez M, Mukherjee S, Huntemann M, Ivanova NN, Woyke T, Kyrpides NC, Klenk HP, Goker M. Genome-Based Taxonomic Classification of Bacteroidetes. Front Microbiol 2016; 7:2003. 🇩🇪 Oren A, Garrity GM. List of changes in taxonomic opinion no. 26. Notification of changes in taxonomic opinion previously published outside the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:2081-2086.
    Notes:
    • 🧍 The genome of the type strain was sequenced as part of the GEBA (Genomic Encyclopedia of Bacteria and Archaea) project.

• Notes:
  • 📧 The e-mail address of the corresponding author given in the effective publication is not functional any more.
  • 😢 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. Using the term "phylogenetic data" (or equivalent) for sequence data is not advocated. 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 0.06736 (N = 129).
  • 😷 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 3 times in PubMed until 2026-06-11.

Parent taxon: Salinimicrobium Lim et al. 2008

Assigned by: Chen YG, Cui XL, Zhang YQ, Li WJ, Wang YX, Kim CJ, Lim JM, Xu LH, Jiang CL. Salinimicrobium terrae sp. nov., isolated from saline soil, and emended description of the genus Salinimicrobium. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008; 58:2501-2504. 🇨🇳

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