Name: Salinivibrio sharmensis Romano et al. 2011

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: shar.men’sis. N.L. masc. adj. sharmensis, of or belonging to Sharm-el-Sheikh, were the strain was isolated

Pronunciation, gender: s͡har-MEN-sis, masculine

Type strain: ATCC BAA-1319; BAG; DSM 18182

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AM279734 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Romano I, Orlando P, Gambacorta A, Nicolaus B, Dipasquale L, Pascual J, Giordano A, Lama L. Salinivibrio sharmensis sp. nov., a novel haloalkaliphilic bacterium from a saline lake in Ras Mohammed Park (Egypt). Extremophiles 2011; 15:213-220.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Validation list no. 141. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2011; 61:2025-2026.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 😷 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 5 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.
  • 🧍 According to the authors, the type strain is the strain B, not BAG as cited in the effective publication. In the species description (protologue), the strain DSM 18182 is cited as DSMZ 18182. Publication: Euzeby JP. Validation list no. 141. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2011; 61:2025-2026.

Parent taxon: Salinivibrio Mellado et al. 1996

Assigned by: Romano I, Orlando P, Gambacorta A, Nicolaus B, Dipasquale L, Pascual J, Giordano A, Lama L. Salinivibrio sharmensis sp. nov., a novel haloalkaliphilic bacterium from a saline lake in Ras Mohammed Park (Egypt). Extremophiles 2011; 15:213-220.

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