Name: Salinisphaera orenii Park et al. 2012

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: o.re’ni.i. N.L. gen. masc. n. orenii, of Oren, named after Aharon Oren, in recognition of his study of halophilic micro-organisms

Pronunciation, gender: o-RE-ni-i, feminine

Type strain: JCM 17073; KCTC 23198; MKB5

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16S rRNA gene: HM137558 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Park SJ, Cha IT, Kim SJ, Shin KS, Hong Y, Roh DH, Rhee SK. Salinisphaera orenii sp. nov., isolated from a solar saltern. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2012; 62:1877-1883.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 62, part 8 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2012; 62:2555-2556.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Salinisphaera halophila Zhang et al. 2012	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Emendations:
  • Quadri et al. 2025 Quadri SR, Sathish M, Quach NT, Li WJ, Narsing Rao MP. Reclassification of Salinisphaera halophila Zhang et al. 2012 as a Later Heterotypic Synonym of Salinisphaera orenii Park et al. 2012. Curr Microbiol 2025; 82:100. Oren A, Göker M. List of changes in taxonomic opinion no. 42. Notification of changes in taxonomic opinion previously published outside the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2025; 75:6793.
    Notes:
    • 🫂 Emendation accompanied by a proposal regarding the synonymy of the species.

• Notes:
  • ⏰ According to Quadri et al. (2025), this species is an earlier heterotypic synonym of Salinisphaera halophila Zhang et al. 2012. Publication: Quadri SR, Sathish M, Quach NT, Li WJ, Narsing Rao MP. Reclassification of Salinisphaera halophila Zhang et al. 2012 as a Later Heterotypic Synonym of Salinisphaera orenii Park et al. 2012. Curr Microbiol 2025; 82:100.
  • 😷 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 2025-06-04.

Parent taxon: Salinisphaera Antunes et al. 2003

Assigned by: Park SJ, Cha IT, Kim SJ, Shin KS, Hong Y, Roh DH, Rhee SK. Salinisphaera orenii sp. nov., isolated from a solar saltern. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2012; 62:1877-1883.

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