Name: Salinisphaera aquimarina Tang et al. 2018

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: a.qui.ma.ri’na. L. fem. n. aqua, water; L. adj. marinus -a -um, marine, of the sea; N.L. fem. adj. aquimarina, of sea water

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … a-kwi-ma-RI-na, feminine

Type strain: CCMM 5; KCTC 52640; MCCC 1K03246

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16S rRNA gene: KY060012 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Tang L, Zhang Z, Xie R, Jiao N, Zhang Y. Salinisphaera aquimarina sp. nov., isolated from seawater. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2018; 68:1130-1134. 🇨🇳

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 68, part 4 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2018; 68:2134-2136.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Notes:
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 1 time in PubMed until 2025-06-04.

Parent taxon: Salinisphaera Antunes et al. 2003

Assigned by: Tang L, Zhang Z, Xie R, Jiao N, Zhang Y. Salinisphaera aquimarina sp. nov., isolated from seawater. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2018; 68:1130-1134. 🇨🇳

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