Name: Salinirubellus salinus Hou et al. 2018

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: sa.li’nus. N.L. masc. adj. salinus, belonging or pertaining to salt works

Gender: masculine

Type strain: CGMCC 1.12551; JCM 30036; ZS-35-S2

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: KC918829 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Hou J, Zhao YJ, Zhu L, Cui HL. Salinirubellus salinus gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from a marine solar saltern. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2018; 68:1874-1878.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 68, part 6 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2018; 68:2710-2711.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Salinirubellus Hou et al. 2018. Publication: Hou J, Zhao YJ, Zhu L, Cui HL. Salinirubellus salinus gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from a marine solar saltern. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2018; 68:1874-1878.
  • 😢 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.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 1 time in PubMed until 2024-03-28.

Parent taxon: Salinirubellus Hou et al. 2018

Assigned by: Hou J, Zhao YJ, Zhu L, Cui HL. Salinirubellus salinus gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from a marine solar saltern. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2018; 68:1874-1878.

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Record number: 797764