Name: Salinimonas chungwhensis Jeon et al. 2005

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: chungw.hen’sis. N.L. fem. adj. chungwhensis, belonging to Chungwha, where the type strain was isolated

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … k^hun͡gw-HEN-sis, feminine

Type strain: BH 30046; DSM 16280; KCTC 12239

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AY553295 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Jeon CO, Lim JM, Park DJ, Kim CJ. Salinimonas chungwhensis gen. nov., sp. nov., a moderately halophilic bacterium from a solar saltern in Korea. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2005; 55:239-243. 🇰🇷

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 55, part 1 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2005; 55:987-991.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: synonym (and not recommended for medical use)

Correct name: Alteromonas chungwhensis (Jeon et al. 2005) Gago et al. 2021

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Alteromonas chungwhensis (Jeon et al. 2005) Gago et al. 2021	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Salinimonas Jeon et al. 2005. Publication: Jeon CO, Lim JM, Park DJ, Kim CJ. Salinimonas chungwhensis gen. nov., sp. nov., a moderately halophilic bacterium from a solar saltern in Korea. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2005; 55:239-243. 🇰🇷
  • ❗ Salinimonas chungwhensis is the correct name instead if this species is regarded as a separate species (i.e., if its nomenclatural type is not assigned to another species whose name is validly published, legitimate and not rejected and has priority) within a separate genus Salinimonas.
  • 😷 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 6 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.
  • 🙅 This name is on the List of Recommended Names for bacteria of medical importance (LoRN) as a synonym of the name to be applied to this species. The name is on LoRN because of the recorded risk group of other species in the genus.
  • 🧍 The genome of the type strain was sequenced as part of the GEBA (Genomic Encyclopedia of Bacteria and Archaea) project. Publication: Mukherjee S, Seshadri R, Varghese NJ, Eloe-Fadrosh EA, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Goker M, Coates RC, Hadjithomas M, Pavlopoulos GA, Paez-Espino D, et al. 1,003 reference genomes of bacterial and archaeal isolates expand coverage of the tree of life. Nat Biotechnol 2017; 35:676-683. 🇺🇸

Parent taxon: Salinimonas Jeon et al. 2005

Assigned by: Jeon CO, Lim JM, Park DJ, Kim CJ. Salinimonas chungwhensis gen. nov., sp. nov., a moderately halophilic bacterium from a solar saltern in Korea. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2005; 55:239-243. 🇰🇷

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